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Denominational Groups, 2000

409,650 105,697 1,367 26,201 9,945 409,581
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 497 287,940 387.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 214 57,590 77.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 83 13,451 18.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 62 21,364 28.7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 30 3,876 5.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 27 4,656 6.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 25 2,507 3.4
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 21 4,170 5.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 18 10,239 13.8
Catholic Church Catholic 15 13,276 17.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 12 4,973 6.7
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 9 1,708 2.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 8 2,057 2.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 6 1,154 1.6
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 5 215 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 2,106 2.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 4 3,724 5.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 1,083 1.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 412 0.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 326 0.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 371 0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 193 0.3
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 310 0.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 158 0.2
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 2 185 0.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 425 0.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 115 0.2
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 206 0.3
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 117 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 81 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 1,071 438,988  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 743,284. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (438,988) include 59.1% 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.