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Denominational Groups, 2000

21,694 24,034   19,032 1,714 83,959
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents % Change
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +1 +2,874 106.0%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +1 +1,400 n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +2 +1,335 44.0%
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,058 n.a.
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +1 +935 173.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +494 10.0%
Catholic Church Catholic 0 +443 2.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +1 +379 28.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 +309 58.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +286 134.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +1 +270 n.a.
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +218 n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +1 +205 n.a.
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +2 +142 38.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +112 59.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 +93 36.0%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +87 46.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +72 180.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant +1 +58 13.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +51 n.a.
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +20 38.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 0 -141 -10.0%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 0 -150 -68.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 0 -156 -57.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -176 -27.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -186 -37.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant -1 -435 -60.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -2 -579 -14.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant +2 -1,503 -28.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -3 -1,626 -14.0%
  Totals: +14 +5,889 +10.1%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 119,149; in 2000 it was 150,433. The total population changed 16.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (58,537) represent 49.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (66,474) include 44.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 30 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 30 groups had 58,537 adherents in 1980 and 64,426 adherents in 2000, for a change of 10.1%

Sources

The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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