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Metro Area Membership Report
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA
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 |
648 |
3,422,342 |
373.7 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
339 |
130,375 |
14.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
304 |
170,977 |
18.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
270 |
93,245 |
10.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
268 |
156,201 |
17.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
203 |
99,709 |
10.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
182 |
75,122 |
8.2 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
145 |
42,980 |
4.7 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
144 |
265,400 |
29.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
130 |
42,555 |
4.7 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
103 |
36,867 |
4.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
101 |
12,349 |
1.4 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
95 |
22,881 |
2.5 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
88 |
21,427 |
2.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
83 |
16,454 |
1.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
80 |
25,150 |
2.8 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
70 |
16,809 |
1.8 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
65 |
120,293 |
13.1 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
62 |
21,956 |
2.4 |
| Buddhism |
Other Theology |
59 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
59 |
9,494 |
1.0 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
57 |
13,840 |
1.5 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
52 |
21,259 |
2.3 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
44 |
7,766 |
0.9 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
43 |
5,338 |
0.6 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
37 |
3,779 |
0.4 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
35 |
12,757 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
35 |
4,769 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
12,337 |
1.4 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
31 |
38,748 |
4.2 |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
8,255 |
0.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
11,330 |
1.2 |
| Hindu |
Other Theology |
29 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
29 |
37,227 |
4.1 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
28 |
6,426 |
0.7 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
3,876 |
0.4 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
24 |
5,142 |
0.6 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
4,535 |
0.5 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
3,570 |
0.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
3,396 |
0.4 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
18 |
9,514 |
1.0 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
3,767 |
0.4 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
1,219 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
14 |
2,702 |
0.3 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
735 |
0.1 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
2,844 |
0.3 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
13 |
3,661 |
0.4 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
6,925 |
0.8 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,551 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
951 |
0.1 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,115 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,940 |
0.2 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
636 |
0.1 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
2,561 |
0.3 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
795 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
768 |
0.1 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
6 |
10,180 |
1.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
659 |
0.1 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,415 |
0.3 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
188 |
0.0 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
5 |
2,028 |
0.2 |
| United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,238 |
0.1 |
| National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
669 |
0.1 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
298 |
0.0 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
4 |
1,800 |
0.2 |
| Sikh |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
776 |
0.1 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin |
Orthodox |
4 |
3,988 |
0.4 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
4 |
22,785 |
2.5 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
960 |
0.1 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other Theology |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
3 |
3,100 |
0.3 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
655 |
0.1 |
| Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
3 |
3,800 |
0.4 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
3 |
623 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
191 |
0.0 |
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the |
Orthodox |
3 |
1,000 |
0.1 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
2 |
1,085 |
0.1 |
| Jain |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
2 |
300 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
52 |
0.0 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
53 |
0.0 |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
1 |
270 |
0.0 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
4,582 |
0.5 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
382 |
0.0 |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
49 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
61 |
0.0 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
18 |
0.0 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
31 |
0.0 |
| Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA |
Orthodox |
1 |
900 |
0.1 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese |
Orthodox |
1 |
1,830 |
0.2 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
32 |
0.0 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis |
Orthodox |
1 |
1,200 |
0.1 |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
270 |
0.0 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
225 |
0.0 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
97 |
0.0 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 4,458 |
5,118,438 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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6,561,960 |
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The population of these 13 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 8,239,820; in 2000 it was 9,157,540. The total population changed 11.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (5,118,438) include 55.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (6,561,960) include 71.7% 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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