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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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 85 52,429 137.7
Catholic Church Catholic 50 107,047 281.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 33 4,875 12.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 27 15,115 39.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 23 5,681 14.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 15 2,867 7.5
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 10 3,745 9.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 9 601 1.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 9 2,924 7.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 9 2,359 6.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 8 2,314 6.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 7 1,888 5.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 261 0.7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 5 621 1.6
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 4 595 1.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 634 1.7
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 262 0.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 305 0.8
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 45 0.1
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 2 76 0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 2,200 5.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 67 0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 54 0.1
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 166 0.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Bahá'í Other Theology 1 245 0.6
Buddhism Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 89 0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 27 0.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 128 0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 119 0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 300 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 1,510 4.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 327 0.9
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 135 0.4
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 1 609 1.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 1,400 3.7
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 54 0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 289 0.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 156 0.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 335 212,554  
Total (Adjusted)**:   243,205  
The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 349,894; in 2000 it was 380,783. The total population changed 8.8%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (212,554) include 55.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (243,205) include 63.9% 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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