Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
196 |
608,859 |
489.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
78 |
35,412 |
28.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
61 |
31,026 |
25.0 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
57 |
30,172 |
24.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
46 |
25,883 |
20.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
45 |
23,152 |
18.6 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
51 |
19,795 |
15.9 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
44 |
14,659 |
11.8 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
14,576 |
11.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
9 |
7,992 |
6.4 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
5,832 |
4.7 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
4,509 |
3.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
3,419 |
2.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
2,215 |
1.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
6 |
1,520 |
1.2 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,486 |
1.2 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,303 |
1.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,071 |
0.9 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,022 |
0.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
856 |
0.7 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
771 |
0.6 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
737 |
0.6 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
660 |
0.5 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
630 |
0.5 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
514 |
0.4 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
496 |
0.4 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
337 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
280 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
217 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
209 |
0.2 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
165 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
132 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
93 |
0.1 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
47 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 734 |
840,047 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,242,826. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (840,047) include 67.6% of the total population in 1980.
Source
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
†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.
