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Denominational Groups, 2000

131,182 57,225 450 34,085 7,844 248,412
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 15 23,485 63.3
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 200 0.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 14 2,232 6.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 313 0.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 50 17,651 47.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 8 3,876 10.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 10 1,880 5.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 21 3,580 9.7
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 25 2,243 6.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 185 0.5
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 115 0.3
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 741 2.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 15 0.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 747 2.0
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 91 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 356 1.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 7 689 1.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 103 70,731 190.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 49 16,649 44.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 14 4,301 11.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 1,004 2.7
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 82 0.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 62 8,224 22.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 134 0.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 53 22,957 61.9
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant n.a. 30 0.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,737 4.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 632 1.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 222 0.6
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 459 185,102  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 370,981. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (185,102) include 49.9% 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.