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Denominational Groups, 2000

59,301 35,901 2,804 79,847 8,663 289,714
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 % Change
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant +16 +4,634 18.0%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant +6 +1,605 145.0%
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +5 +6,275 n.a.
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant +5 -339 -19.0%
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant +5 +496 n.a.
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant +5 +607 94.0%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant +5 +1,315 54.0%
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant +4 +196 n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant +4 +2,975 n.a.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology +4 +1,916 138.0%
Catholic Church Catholic +3 +45,441 132.0%
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant +3 +4,080 27.0%
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant +3 +160 n.a.
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant +3 +1,201 1820.0%
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant +2 +729 43.0%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox +2 +2,337 n.a.
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant +2 +552 90.0%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant +2 +875 18.0%
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant +1 +36 144.0%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant +1 -46 -22.0%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology +1 +28 17.0%
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox +1 +133 n.a.
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant +1 +164 400.0%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 -99 -4.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant +1 +132 92.0%
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant +1 -79 -2.0%
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 0 -90 -73.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 0 -139 -59.0%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 0 +327 86.0%
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 0 +67 8.0%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 0 -388 -83.0%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 0 +872 61.0%
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 0 +8 38.0%
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant -1 +23 5.0%
Jewish Estimate Other Theology -1 +4,502 904.0%
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant -1 +160 55.0%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant -1 +240 46.0%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant -2 +41 22.0%
  Totals: +81 +80,947 +77.7%

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 272,959; in 2000 it was 476,230. The total population changed 19.4%. The adherent totals for 1980 (104,784) represent 38.4% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (186,516) include 39.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1980 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 38 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 38 groups had 104,135 adherents in 1980 and 185,082 adherents in 2000, for a change of 77.7%

Sources

The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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