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 |
184 |
622,786 |
532.3 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
69 |
26,295 |
22.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
52 |
23,971 |
20.5 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
43 |
21,343 |
18.2 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
19 |
20,150 |
17.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
52 |
16,935 |
14.5 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
15,082 |
12.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
43 |
14,039 |
12.0 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
48 |
13,854 |
11.8 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
34 |
11,563 |
9.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
11,357 |
9.7 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
7 |
5,405 |
4.6 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
7 |
2,375 |
2.0 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
2,313 |
2.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
2,044 |
1.8 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,866 |
1.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
1,814 |
1.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
1,637 |
1.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,581 |
1.4 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,285 |
1.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
5 |
1,015 |
0.9 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
876 |
0.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
842 |
0.7 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
844 |
0.7 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
800 |
0.7 |
| Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
800 |
0.7 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
785 |
0.7 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
1 |
768 |
0.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
702 |
0.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
591 |
0.5 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
470 |
0.4 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
450 |
0.4 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
4 |
446 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
3 |
353 |
0.3 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
319 |
0.3 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
300 |
0.3 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
271 |
0.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
242 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
247 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
225 |
0.2 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
1 |
207 |
0.2 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
190 |
0.2 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
185 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
177 |
0.2 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
1 |
180 |
0.2 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
1 |
140 |
0.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
112 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
121 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
101 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
28 |
0.0 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
18 |
0.0 |
| Tao |
Other Theology |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 752 |
830,500 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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999,578 |
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The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,189,288; in 2000 it was 1,170,111. The total population changed -1.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (830,500) include 71.0% of the total population in 2000. The
adjusted total adherents (999,578) include 85.4% 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/grc [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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