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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
30 |
21,004 |
62.7 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
19 |
13,399 |
40.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
4,496 |
13.4 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
14 |
29,298 |
87.4 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
4,738 |
14.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
1,097 |
3.3 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
6,355 |
19.0 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,470 |
4.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
4,125 |
12.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,576 |
4.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
2,927 |
8.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,981 |
8.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
1,894 |
5.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
830 |
2.5 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
164 |
0.5 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
564 |
1.7 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
953 |
2.8 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
168 |
0.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
3 |
984 |
2.9 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
670 |
2.0 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
630 |
1.9 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
54 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
231 |
0.7 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
272 |
0.8 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
347 |
1.0 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
547 |
1.6 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
21 |
0.1 |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
101 |
0.3 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.2 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
38 |
0.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
155 |
0.5 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
23 |
0.1 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.3 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
413 |
1.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
146 |
0.4 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.3 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
93 |
0.3 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
4,000 |
11.9 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
151 |
0.5 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
6,757 |
20.2 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 212 |
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.
