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Metro Area Membership Report
Las Vegas, NV-AZ 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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
24 |
118,890 |
139.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
136 |
63,597 |
74.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
44 |
22,984 |
27.0 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
4 |
19,100 |
22.4 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
18,815 |
22.1 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
7,478 |
8.8 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
5,909 |
6.9 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
14 |
5,838 |
6.9 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
22 |
5,185 |
6.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
3,341 |
3.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
2,988 |
3.5 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,475 |
2.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
14 |
2,308 |
2.7 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
2,300 |
2.7 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
2,284 |
2.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
1,925 |
2.3 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,700 |
2.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,551 |
1.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
820 |
1.0 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
663 |
0.8 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
491 |
0.6 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
388 |
0.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
372 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
317 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
248 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
199 |
0.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
110 |
0.1 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
101 |
0.1 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
77 |
0.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
76 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
72 |
0.1 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
72 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
71 |
0.1 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
58 |
0.1 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
55 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
44 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 402 |
292,944 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 852,737. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (292,944) include 34.4% 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.
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