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Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

52,567 31,637 462 75,329 8,511 272,382
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 11 22,219 108.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 9 2,654 12.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 4 1,848 9.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 1,630 7.9
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 99 0.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 450 2.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 8 900 4.4
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 131 0.6
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 71 0.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 792 3.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 764 3.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 114 0.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. 0.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,928 9.4
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 130 0.6
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 95 0.5
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 379 1.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 448 2.2
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 22 14,638 71.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 189 0.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 439 2.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 8 3,721 18.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 6 2,572 12.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 40 0.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 11 5,103 24.9
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 569 2.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 18 11,238 54.8
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 60 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 507 2.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 462 2.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 134 0.7
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 139 74,324  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 205,266. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (74,324) include 36.2% 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.