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Corvallis, OR MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

6,142 5,114   5,257 1,171 60,469
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
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 694 8.9
Bahá'í Other Theology 2 180 2.3
Buddhism Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Catholic Church Catholic 3 5,257 67.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 372 4.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 392 5.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 130 1.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 38 0.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 578 7.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 316 4.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 5 1,142 14.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 639 8.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 114 1.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 1,168 15.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 26 0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 4 320 4.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 500 6.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,057 13.5
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 142 1.8
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 1 163 2.1
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 152 1.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 1,239 15.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 278 3.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 2 572 7.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 328 4.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 427 5.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 4 1,243 15.9
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 89 1.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 88 1.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 59 17,684  
Total (Adjusted)**:   19,630  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 70,811; in 2000 it was 78,153. The total population changed 10.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (17,684) include 22.6% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (19,630) include 25.1% 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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