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Cedar Rapids, IA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

20,701 38,861 837 44,642 4,332 82,328
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 19 38,980 231.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 27 13,170 78.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 13 10,051 59.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 15 6,440 38.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 6,335 37.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 7 3,010 17.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 4 1,835 10.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 1,750 10.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 2 1,480 8.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 1,226 7.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 4 1,133 6.7
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,099 6.5
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1 996 5.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 942 5.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 930 5.5
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 611 3.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 507 3.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 474 2.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 443 2.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 430 2.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 361 2.1
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 337 2.0
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 325 1.9
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 316 1.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 279 1.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 190 1.1
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 179 1.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 171 1.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 155 0.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 126 0.8
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 112 0.7
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 110 0.7
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 96 0.6
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 95 0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 91 0.5
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 73 0.4
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 62 0.4
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 54 0.3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 27 0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 3 n.a. n.a.
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 160 95,066  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 168,767. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (95,066) include 56.3% of the total population in 1990.

Source

The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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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.