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Denominational Groups, 2000

14,422 22,302   15,534 1,599 48,151
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
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 78 18,172 178.8
Catholic Church Catholic 11 12,910 127.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 16 4,580 45.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 19 4,179 41.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 7 3,734 36.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 2,058 20.3
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 11 1,925 18.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 7 1,673 16.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 971 9.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 911 9.0
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 826 8.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 7 810 8.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 806 7.9
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 679 6.7
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 400 3.9
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 4 379 3.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 265 2.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 212 2.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 205 2.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 200 2.0
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 196 1.9
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 153 1.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 148 1.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 141 1.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 112 1.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 108 1.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 88 0.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 81 0.8
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 80 0.8
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 38 0.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 36 0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 34 0.3
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 2 33 0.3
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 18 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 8 0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 211 57,169  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 101,643. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (57,169) include 56.2% 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.