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Denominational Groups, 2000

91,490 77,590 1,204 33,145 11,508 334,096
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 0 +9,066 37.7%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 0 +4,050 253.1%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +3 +1,818 14.2%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -2 +1,306 9.6%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant +3 +1,253 56.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +3 +895 57.3%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +500 11.1%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 +262 111.5%
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +1 +242 81.8%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 0 +150 5.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +131 76.2%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +122 184.8%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +86 38.1%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +62 44.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant +1 +20 5.4%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -7 +9 0.5%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 0 0.0%
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 0 -15 -28.3%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 -21 -42.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant -1 -23 -4.5%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 0 -31 -27.4%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 0 -41 -5.1%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 -84 -3.2%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +1 -139 -42.9%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 -154 -10.0%
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +2 -171 -8.3%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 -379 -28.6%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant -2 -482 -18.1%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant -1 -1,221 -12.7%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant -1 -1,569 -4.1%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant -1 -4,555 -83.2%
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +8 -9,686 -12.7%
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 0 n.a. n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 0 n.a. n.a.
  Totals: +7 +1,401 +.7%

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 506,875; in 2000 it was 549,033. The total population changed 8.3%. The adherent totals for 1990 (260,595) represent 51.4% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (214,937) include 39.1% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 32 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 32 groups had 208,750 adherents in 1990 and 210,151 adherents in 2000, for a change of .7%

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 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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