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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	38	18,165	41.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	21	12,939	29.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	18	75,329	170.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	15	13,639	30.9
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	11	3,746	8.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	10	6,956	15.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,869	6.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	10	5,104	11.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,510	3.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	2,394	5.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	7	2,768	6.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,222	2.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,599	3.6
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,201	2.7
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	5	231	0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	343	0.8
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	4	5,400	12.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	4	1,686	3.8
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	751	1.7
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	4	1,820	4.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	630	1.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	3	512	1.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	534	1.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	3	570	1.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	202	0.5
Bahá'í	Other Theology	2	105	0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	110	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	519	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	2	108	0.2
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	950	2.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	481	1.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	274	0.6
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	2	909	2.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	2	696	1.6
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	2	140	0.3
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	33	0.1
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	97	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	120	0.3
Buddhism	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	146	0.3
Jain	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	72	0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	1	50	0.1
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	306	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	411	0.9
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	91	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	200	0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	342	0.8
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	120	0.3
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	106	0.2
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	250	168,506
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		194,918

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 335,113; in 2000 it was 440,888. The total population changed 31.6%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (168,506) include 38.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (194,918) include 44.2% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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