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Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

263,769 170,234 2,650 410,541 36,859 1,095,149
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 172 410,541 207.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 240 110,904 56.0
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 209 67,517 34.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 119 41,092 20.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 92 30,660 15.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 24 23,950 12.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 42 16,665 8.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 42 16,308 8.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 56 16,052 8.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 48 13,598 6.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 62 13,088 6.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 36 12,463 6.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 44 11,784 6.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 8 11,471 5.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 10 10,950 5.5
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 9 10,490 5.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 24 8,822 4.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 34 8,018 4.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 20 7,527 3.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 50 6,565 3.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 47 5,598 2.8
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 6 4,032 2.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 8 3,435 1.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 8 3,296 1.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 13 2,633 1.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 16 2,034 1.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 2 1,911 1.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 6 1,068 0.5
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 1,066 0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 9 1,037 0.5
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 4 997 0.5
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 4 888 0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 8 786 0.4
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 3 568 0.3
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships Evangelical Protestant 2 507 0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 465 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 6 429 0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 445 0.2
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 407 0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 369 0.2
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 311 0.2
Bahá'í Other Theology 2 282 0.1
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 4 254 0.1
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese Orthodox 1 240 0.1
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 222 0.1
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 210 0.1
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 215 0.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 6 202 0.1
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 3 201 0.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 172 0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 155 0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 130 0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 148 0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 93 0.1
Enterprise Baptists Association Evangelical Protestant 1 94 0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 95 0.1
Separate Baptists in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 99 0.1
Christian Union Evangelical Protestant 1 92 0.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant 1 72 0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 75 0.0
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 43 0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 32 0.0
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 41 0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 1 11 0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA Evangelical Protestant 1 19 0.0
Hindu Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 8 n.a. n.a.
Sikh Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Buddhism Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 8 n.a. n.a.
Jain Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 1,560 884,053  
Total (Adjusted)**:   1,062,825  
The population of these 13 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,817,571; in 2000 it was 1,979,202. The total population changed 8.9%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (884,053) include 44.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,062,825) include 53.7% 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/grc [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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