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Madison, WI MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

22,292 72,191 1,375 119,246 8,820 202,602
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
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 51 47,758 130.1
Catholic Church Catholic 39 102,227 278.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 22 9,368 25.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 15 6,586 17.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 4,572 12.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 10 4,714 12.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 8 3,927 10.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 6 1,515 4.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 6 2,146 5.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 571 1.6
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 2,437 6.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,373 3.7
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 4 967 2.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 614 1.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 727 2.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 4,500 12.3
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 3 n.a. n.a.
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 67 0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 1,350 3.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 195 0.5
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant 2 99 0.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 2 87 0.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 2 1,150 3.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 198 0.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 139 0.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 58 0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 24 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 1 268 0.7
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 112 0.3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 29 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 418 1.1
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 91 0.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 900 2.5
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 133 0.4
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 132 0.4
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 103 0.3
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 1 38 0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 288 0.8
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 3,407 9.3
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 231 203,300  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 367,085. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (203,300) include 55.4% 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.