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Denominational Groups, 2000

24,327 21,697 843 80,554 6,656 185,349
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
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 4 1,815 7.2
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 9,585 38.2
Catholic Church Catholic 8 31,108 123.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 3 224 0.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 3 49 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 102 0.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 6 740 3.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 13 1,443 5.8
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 792 3.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 1,205 4.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 899 3.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 9 3,692 14.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 5 1,776 7.1
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 125 0.5
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 113 0.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 3 509 2.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,350 5.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 3,500 13.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 2,129 8.5
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 3,248 12.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 214 0.9
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 32 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 102 0.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 807 3.2
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 22 13,562 54.0
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 6 1,939 7.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 11 8,399 33.5
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 145 89,644  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 251,071. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (89,644) include 35.7% 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.