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Denominational Groups, 2000

83,721 32,587 3,462 261,080 167,448 1,014,984
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
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 205 88,824 56.8
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 68 32,761 21.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 37 19,248 12.3
Catholic Church Catholic 34 261,080 167.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 19 75,200 48.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 19 1,784 1.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 19 2,684 1.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 17 6,957 4.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 15 7,030 4.5
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 14 2,784 1.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 14 10,018 6.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 13 4,035 2.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 10 1,056 0.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 9 4,560 2.9
Buddhism Other Theology 9 n.a. n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 9 n.a. n.a.
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 8 1,189 0.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 8 1,217 0.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 8 8,826 5.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 6 675 0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 6 1,532 1.0
Bahá'í Other Theology 6 776 0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 6 761 0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 5 329 0.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 4 175 0.1
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 4 802 0.5
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 3 189 0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 144 0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 3 369 0.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 3 336 0.2
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 3 2,523 1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 128 0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 142 0.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 2,850 1.8
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 123 0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 2 514 0.3
Sikh Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 2 77 0.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,090 0.7
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 86 0.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 650 0.4
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 400 0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 770 0.5
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 330 0.2
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 403 0.3
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 212 0.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 125 0.1
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 336 0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 110 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 40 0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 1,020 0.7
Hindu Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA Orthodox 1 800 0.5
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 200 0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America Orthodox 1 28 0.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 619 548,298  
Total (Adjusted)**:   646,534  
The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 852,737; in 2000 it was 1,563,282. The total population changed 83.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (548,298) include 35.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (646,534) include 41.4% of the population.

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*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 [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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