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Burlington, VT NECMA

Denominational Groups, 2000

5,795 16,681 1,921 57,380 4,908 112,204
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 40 57,380 288.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 32 6,385 32.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 19 4,610 23.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 13 3,143 15.8
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 3,000 15.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 5 2,931 14.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 11 1,805 9.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis Orthodox 2 1,720 8.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,027 5.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 7 946 4.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 689 3.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 583 2.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 408 2.1
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 340 1.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 262 1.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 255 1.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 201 1.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 172 0.9
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 142 0.7
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 1 100 0.5
Bahá'í Other Theology 1 92 0.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 1 88 0.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.3
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 63 0.3
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.3
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 2 56 0.3
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 53 0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 36 0.2
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 24 0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 23 0.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant 1 14 0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 9 0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Buddhism Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 166 86,685  
Total (Adjusted)**:   95,856  
The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 177,059; in 2000 it was 198,889. The total population changed 12.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (86,685) include 43.6% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (95,856) include 48.2% 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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