Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH NECMA

Denominational Groups, 2000

151,955	350,841	78,796	2,951,971	348,935	2,175,328
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	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	681	2,951,971	487.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	180	261,100	43.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	352	110,041	18.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	220	88,459	14.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	209	60,075	9.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	229	48,744	8.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	39	44,328	7.3
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	24	43,452	7.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	129	24,819	4.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	61	24,435	4.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	122	22,591	3.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	51	17,391	2.9
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	7	14,170	2.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	75	14,098	2.3
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	75	13,161	2.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	57	11,000	1.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	12	9,250	1.5
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	36	9,002	1.5
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	8	8,918	1.5
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	52	7,932	1.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	38	7,389	1.2
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	40	7,237	1.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	20	6,315	1.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	6,162	1.0
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	29	5,289	0.9
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	4,895	0.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	27	4,755	0.8
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	23	4,651	0.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	3	4,015	0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	45	3,930	0.7
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	5	3,550	0.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	3,547	0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	24	3,470	0.6
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	4	3,444	0.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	30	2,795	0.5
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	2,772	0.5
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	11	2,571	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	7	2,316	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	23	2,173	0.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,847	0.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,649	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	26	1,383	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,262	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	5	966	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	11	993	0.2
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	7	934	0.2
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	900	0.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	10	762	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	12	667	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	3	650	0.1
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	2	600	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	589	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	5	458	0.1
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	7	424	0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	389	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	367	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	302	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	225	0.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	2	160	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	175	0.0
Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America	Orthodox	1	125	0.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	104	0.0
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	65	0.0
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	1	45	0.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	86	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	36	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	57	0.0
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	10	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	20	0.0
Sikh	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	3	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	20	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	50	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	3,210	3,882,498
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		4,447,312

The population of these 10 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 5,685,998; in 2000 it was 6,057,826. The total population changed 6.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (3,882,498) include 64.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (4,447,312) include 73.4% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County are Episcopalian.

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