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Duluth-Superior, MN-WI MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

21,144 41,271 1,818 62,654 1,720 115,208
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 66 69,966 262.4
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America Evangelical Protestant 2 120 0.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 10 2,522 9.5
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 2 140 0.5
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 19 3,467 13.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 3 560 2.1
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 75 0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 36 0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 120 0.5
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 116 0.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 229 0.9
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 4 874 3.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 13 1,409 5.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 3 50 0.2
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 36 0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 59 0.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 14 5,686 21.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 5 1,772 6.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 338 1.3
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 2 369 1.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 131 0.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 371 1.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 183 0.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 11 2,582 9.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 64 40,761 152.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 13 0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 369 1.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 20 7,418 27.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 4 2,173 8.2
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 26 9,026 33.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 733 2.8
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 4 1,214 4.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 238 0.9
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 301 153,201  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 266,650. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (153,201) include 57.5% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.