Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

1,167,703	514,964	83,825	5,688,881	1,065,974	7,852,298
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	473	5,688,881	347.4
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	254	662,450	40.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	577	233,280	14.3
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	538	223,947	13.7
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	77	155,494	9.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	40	149,950	9.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	469	111,815	6.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	223	99,779	6.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	285	96,355	5.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	252	96,228	5.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	287	91,086	5.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	197	75,689	4.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	148	73,424	4.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	48	72,015	4.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	350	69,487	4.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	179	62,530	3.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	117	55,355	3.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	182	39,613	2.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	244	34,414	2.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	27	29,112	1.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	66	25,423	1.6
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	6	25,000	1.5
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	88	24,809	1.5
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	64	20,821	1.3
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	91	18,778	1.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	87	18,470	1.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	53	18,033	1.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	88	16,109	1.0
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	50	15,972	1.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	8	15,153	0.9
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	69	12,680	0.8
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	12,429	0.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	15	12,021	0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	74	10,553	0.6
Bahá'í	Other Theology	102	10,273	0.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	20	8,930	0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	60	8,361	0.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	61	8,316	0.5
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	19	7,530	0.5
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	3	6,900	0.4
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	13	6,664	0.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	6,390	0.4
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	18	6,316	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	37	5,383	0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	36	5,259	0.3
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	3	5,200	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	36	5,174	0.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	32	4,744	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	27	4,477	0.3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	29	4,245	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese	Orthodox	4	3,558	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	49	3,204	0.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	19	3,148	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	18	2,917	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	13	2,800	0.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	35	2,774	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	22	2,693	0.2
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	2	2,680	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	44	2,515	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	4	2,291	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	5	2,003	0.1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,893	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,805	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	25	1,697	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,633	0.1
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,361	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,211	0.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	15	1,116	0.1
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,104	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	11	1,020	0.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,013	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	2	840	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	13	809	0.1
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	600	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	375	0.0
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	2	345	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	335	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	1	315	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	312	0.0
Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	284	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	4	277	0.0
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	1	245	0.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	1	167	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	135	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	114	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	107	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	90	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	80	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	67	0.0
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	1	63	0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	1	19	0.0
Netherlands Reformed Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	1	15	0.0
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	8	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	4	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	19	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	122	n.a.	n.a.
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	17	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	208	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	53	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	7,078	8,521,347
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		10,102,673

The population of these 5 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 14,531,529; in 2000 it was 16,373,645. The total population changed 12.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (8,521,347) include 52.0% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (10,102,673) include 61.7% of the population.

Source

^*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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