Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

284,950	92,450	10,563	884,757	364,359	2,239,301
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	220	139,469	36.0
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	129	337,000	86.9
Catholic Church	Catholic	119	884,757	228.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	90	24,897	6.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	78	25,518	6.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	72	35,623	9.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	67	12,888	3.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	45	19,993	5.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	45	10,410	2.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	36	12,541	3.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	36	7,942	2.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	35	11,384	2.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	33	12,129	3.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	27	16,848	4.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	26	2,071	0.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	25	1,232	0.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	24	7,549	2.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	19	2,101	0.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	17	2,164	0.6
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	17	6,143	1.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	16	2,668	0.7
Bahá'í	Other Theology	16	1,736	0.5
Hindu	Other Theology	15	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,854	0.7
Buddhism	Other Theology	12	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	12	3,131	0.8
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	12	873	0.2
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	11	12,928	3.3
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	9	957	0.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	9	5,313	1.4
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	8	699	0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,124	0.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	8	815	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	7	864	0.2
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	7	871	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	6	3,975	1.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	395	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,027	0.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	5	705	0.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	670	0.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,283	0.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	4,500	1.2
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	727	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	4	1,348	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,168	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	4	566	0.2
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	290	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	3	199	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	3	848	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	3	205	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	863	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	305	0.1
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	170	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	2	2,300	0.6
Sikh	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	57	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	2	300	0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,035	0.3
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	2	60	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	2	921	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	285	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	270	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	254	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	280	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	70	0.0
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	1	207	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	420	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	61	0.0
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	235	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	2,391	0.6
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	15	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	522	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	45	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	15	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	600	0.2
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,444	1,637,079
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		2,124,195

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 3,192,582; in 2000 it was 3,876,380. The total population changed 21.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,637,079) include 42.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (2,124,195) include 54.8% 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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