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Denominational Groups, 2000

11,403 4,492   8,267 15,994 82,210
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
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 34 14,433 141.8
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 11 1,232 12.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 10 3,024 29.7
Catholic Church Catholic 9 6,879 67.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 9 788 7.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 6 n.a. n.a.
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 6 1,627 16.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 285 2.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 4 469 4.6
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 4 308 3.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 498 4.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 998 9.8
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 107 1.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 3 1,000 9.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 506 5.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 339 3.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 66 0.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 58 0.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.4
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 23 0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 46 0.5
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 67 0.7
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 48 0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 37 0.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 20 0.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 121 1.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 62 0.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 20 0.2
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 17 0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 350 3.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 245 2.4
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 250 2.5
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 325 3.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 139 34,357  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 101,760. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (34,357) include 33.8% 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.