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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 % Change
Catholic Church Catholic +2 +10,852 32.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +1 +2,437 528.0%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,600 n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 0 +1,212 12.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +3 +829 n.a.
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant +1 +590 68.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +1 +495 66.0%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +2 +394 49.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +330 90.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +267 n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +237 286.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +220 110.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 0 +188 6.0%
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant +1 +184 62.0%
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 0 +165 127.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +161 46.0%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 0 +158 103.0%
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 0 +86 14.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 +74 6.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 +55 20.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +1 +43 n.a.
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +33 7.0%
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 +31 10.0%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +1 +24 32.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 +19 1.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 0 +11 25.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -39 -30.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 -62 -50.0%
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 0 -76 -49.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 -102 -28.0%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant -1 -142 -32.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -237 -82.0%
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant -1 -262 -72.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 -497 -8.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +2 -824 -6.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant -1 -1,166 -63.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -1,383 -53.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 0 -3,082 -36.0%
  Totals: +17 +12,823 +13.9%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 169,775; in 2000 it was 191,701. The total population changed 13.6%. The adherent totals for 1980 (92,806) represent 54.7% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (109,373) include 57.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 38 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 38 groups had 92,303 adherents in 1980 and 105,126 adherents in 2000, for a change of 13.9%

Sources

The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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