Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
14 |
29,298 |
87.4 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
21,004 |
62.7 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
13,399 |
40.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
6,757 |
20.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
6,355 |
19.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
4,738 |
14.1 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
4,496 |
13.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
4,125 |
12.3 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
4,000 |
11.9 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,981 |
8.9 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,927 |
8.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,894 |
5.7 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,576 |
4.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,470 |
4.4 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,097 |
3.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
984 |
2.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
953 |
2.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
830 |
2.5 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
670 |
2.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
630 |
1.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
564 |
1.7 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
547 |
1.6 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
413 |
1.2 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
347 |
1.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
272 |
0.8 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
231 |
0.7 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
168 |
0.5 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
164 |
0.5 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
155 |
0.5 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
151 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
146 |
0.4 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
101 |
0.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
93 |
0.3 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
54 |
0.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.2 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
38 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
23 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.1 |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
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113,928 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 335,113. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (113,928) include 34.0% 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.
