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Denominational Groups, 2000

226,578 61,424 495 39,353 6,317 249,678
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
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 9 2,227 4.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 44 7,517 14.7
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 137 0.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 45 15,003 29.2
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 29,028 56.6
Catholic Church Catholic 19 25,485 49.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 92 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 14 2,251 4.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 454 0.9
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 339 0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 7 716 1.4
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 94 0.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 4 141 0.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 7 2,793 5.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 27 4,571 8.9
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 68 14,763 28.8
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 383 0.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 9 5,054 9.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 600 1.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 13 0.0
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 57 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 8 6,400 12.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 4 334 0.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 1,300 2.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 11 3,695 7.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 14 1,693 3.3
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 16 1,085 2.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 17 6,104 11.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 450 0.9
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 118 0.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 301 0.6
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 2 78 0.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 5 994 1.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 162 125,785 245.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 365 0.7
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 161 0.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 88 49,171 95.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 615 309,852  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 513,117. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (309,852) include 60.4% 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.