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Denominational Groups, 2000

51,161 17,296 1,016 349,866 11,776 248,507
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 % Change
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +14 -5,397 -18.0%
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +14 +4,261 207.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +4 +144 n.a.
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +4 +420 53.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +3 +27 1.0%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +3 +1,056 23.0%
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +3,450 n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant +2 +112 25.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +2 +354 26.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +2 +220 77.0%
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +94 n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +2 +1,400 n.a.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +2 -312 -20.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +1 +192 n.a.
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant +1 +252 485.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +50 106.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +1 -6,226 -42.0%
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +29 97.0%
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +390 488.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant +1 +40 n.a.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant +1 +208 140.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +377 106.0%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 0 +102 170.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -146 -81.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 0 +8 6.0%
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 0 +2,862 230.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 0 +1,167 538.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 0 -1,597 -36.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 +3,499 233.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 -73 -27.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant -1 -1,082 -30.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -3 -1,143 -51.0%
Catholic Church Catholic -7 +218,124 166.0%
  Totals: +53 222,862 +108.9%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 479,899; in 2000 it was 679,622. The total population changed 14.9%. The adherent totals for 1980 (204,900) represent 42.7% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (431,115) include 63.4% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 33 groups had 204,675 adherents in 1980 and 427,537 adherents in 2000, for a change of 108.9%

Sources

The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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