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Denominational Groups, 2000

30,737 127,167 6,823 433,711 42,140 508,040
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
Catholic Church Catholic 130 433,711 377.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 93 53,304 46.4
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 56 21,039 18.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 46 17,271 15.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 38 14,854 12.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 34 16,378 14.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 28 33,600 29.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 23 4,169 3.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 13 2,388 2.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 12 2,203 1.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 12 4,627 4.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 11 2,335 2.0
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 781 0.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 10 1,580 1.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 9 3,038 2.6
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 7 1,867 1.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 7 1,933 1.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 1,037 0.9
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 6 2,242 2.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 6 1,752 1.5
Bahá'í Other Theology 6 386 0.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 5 2,440 2.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 5 3,096 2.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 1,318 1.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 4 297 0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 4 437 0.4
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 4 3,364 2.9
Buddhism Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 4 618 0.5
Hindu Other Theology 4 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 574 0.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 3 158 0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 3 630 0.6
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 420 0.4
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 219 0.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 304 0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 2 640 0.6
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 2 576 0.5
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 2 1,521 1.3
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Orthodox 2 n.a. n.a.
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant 2 845 0.7
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 80 0.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 124 0.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 56 0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 37 0.0
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia Orthodox 1 420 0.4
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 575 0.5
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses Orthodox 1 516 0.5
Sikh Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 80 0.1
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.1
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 301 0.3
International Council of Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 40 0.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 165 0.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 102 0.1
Jain Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 648 640,578  
Total (Adjusted)**:   760,360  
The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,123,678; in 2000 it was 1,148,618. The total population changed 2.2%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (640,578) include 55.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (760,360) include 66.2% 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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