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Denominational Groups, 2000

19,404 30,687 50 36,880 1,341 66,722
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 1,688 10.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 6 825 5.3
Bahá'í Other Theology 0 25 0.2
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Catholic Church Catholic 15 36,880 237.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 4 1,632 10.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 1,374 8.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 505 3.3
Christian Union Evangelical Protestant 3 161 1.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 580 3.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 617 4.0
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 4 958 6.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 7 2,930 18.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 352 2.3
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.4
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 85 0.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 143 0.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 100 0.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 12 6,316 40.7
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 3 162 1.0
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 506 3.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 550 3.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 1,350 8.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 180 1.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 629 4.1
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 4 1,024 6.6
Mennonite; Other Groups Evangelical Protestant 2 1,027 6.6
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 5 525 3.4
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 2 488 3.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 119 0.8
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 76 0.5
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 50 0.3
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 410 2.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 1,310 8.5
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Reformed Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 1 41 0.3
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 1,710 11.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 5 1,443 9.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 31 0.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 14 7,019 45.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 45 12,556 81.0
Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant 4 1,607 10.4
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 4 295 1.9
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 190 88,362  
Total (Adjusted)**:   103,647  
The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 154,340; in 2000 it was 155,084. The total population changed 0.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (88,362) include 57.0% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (103,647) include 66.8% 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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