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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
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 17 3,987 9.8
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 14,675 36.2
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.0
Catholic Church Catholic 16 28,101 69.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 4 656 1.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 46 16,019 39.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 50 21,409 52.7
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 10 1,747 4.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 16 3,217 7.9
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 160 0.4
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 6 2,473 6.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 19 3,585 8.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 30 3,073 7.6
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 89 0.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 14 4,993 12.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 5 1,717 4.2
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 157 0.4
Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 46 0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 3 357 0.9
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 96 0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 39 0.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 2,000 4.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 931 2.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 74 0.2
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 183 0.5
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 3 231 0.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 32 7,807 19.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 285 0.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 184 0.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 6 757 1.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 117 73,811 181.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 290 0.7
United Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 106 0.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 50 0.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 53 26,142 64.4
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 4 412 1.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 485 220,013  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 405,936. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (220,013) include 54.2% 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.