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Denominational Groups, 2000

1,296,169 474,770 7,257 808,167 144,292 2,491,146
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 113 808,167 154.8
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 30 6,658 1.3
Amish; Other Groups Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 267 68,879 13.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 102 35,966 6.9
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 n.a. n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 9 884 0.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 23 11,791 2.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 2 494 0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 7 473 0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 60 11,911 2.3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 7 245 0.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 62 12,848 2.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 357 104,031 19.9
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 720 0.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 14 3,391 0.7
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 211 0.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 5 690 0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 195 0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 5 309 0.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 18 26,275 5.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 60 76,348 14.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 18 2,417 0.5
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 1,946 0.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 14 1,719 0.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 50 26,730 5.1
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 4 261 0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 6 328 0.1
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA Evangelical Protestant 27 1,621 0.3
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 4 613 0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 3 138 0.0
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 26 1,763 0.3
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 20 7,822 1.5
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 13 n.a. n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 13 6,191 1.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 62 19,506 3.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 970 855,680 163.9
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 7 n.a. n.a.
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 5 4,435 0.9
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 3 960 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 8 1,587 0.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 2,091 0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 102 44,802 8.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 86 50,882 9.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 59 24,199 4.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 38 0.0
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 3 913 0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 133 0.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 103 49,707 9.5
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 4 2,040 0.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 8 2,128 0.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 325 294,185 56.3
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 5 3,652 0.7
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 3 954 0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia Orthodox 1 80 0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 385 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 3 2,643 0.5
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox 2 600 0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the Orthodox 4 1,325 0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America Orthodox 1 63 0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 4 1,017 0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA Orthodox 1 190 0.0
Bahá'í Other Theology 29 3,345 0.6
Buddhism Other Theology 23 n.a. n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 107 40,380 7.7
Hindu Other Theology 7 n.a. n.a.
Jain Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 24 50,075 9.6
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 28 48,366 9.3
Sikh Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 9 2,126 0.4
Zoroastrian Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 3,375 2,730,655  
Total (Adjusted)**:   3,364,972  
The population of these 12 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 4,037,282; in 2000 it was 5,221,801. The total population changed 29.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,730,655) include 52.3% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (3,364,972) include 64.4% 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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