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Denominational Groups, 2000

11,558 61,919 16 27,722 1,980 71,172
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 204 1.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 4 2,367 15.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 2 369 2.4
Catholic Church Catholic 23 28,547 186.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 133 0.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 119 0.8
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 23 0.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 25 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 506 3.3
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 3 922 6.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 308 2.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 75 0.5
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 893 5.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 3 932 6.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 61 48,991 319.6
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 306 2.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 15 0.1
Hutterian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 100 0.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 500 3.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 4,775 31.2
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 5 115 0.8
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 4 563 3.7
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 274 1.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 13 3,361 21.9
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 104 0.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 62 0.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 163 1.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1 185 1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 76 0.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 8 2,373 15.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 14 3,856 25.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 212 1.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 181 101,534  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 153,296. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (101,534) include 66.2% 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.