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Corpus Christi, TX MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

73,638 26,191 381 107,047 5,297 168,229
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 47 150,660 430.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 72 58,255 166.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 27 15,738 45.0
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 5,905 16.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 36 4,890 14.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 10 4,404 12.6
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 22 3,894 11.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 14 3,512 10.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 11 3,065 8.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 8 2,565 7.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 2,473 7.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 8 2,095 6.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 1,400 4.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,300 3.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 900 2.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 9 623 1.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 5 461 1.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 335 1.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 4 288 0.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 213 0.6
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 211 0.6
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 208 0.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 207 0.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 184 0.5
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 160 0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 143 0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 120 0.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 114 0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 87 0.3
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 54 0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 44 0.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 29 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 15 0.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 316 264,593  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 349,894. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (264,593) include 75.6% 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.