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Denominational Groups, 2000

274,289	563,897	7,521	760,941	70,257	1,291,901
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	327	416,242	140.2
Catholic Church	Catholic	223	760,941	256.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	143	56,201	18.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	124	79,324	26.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	80	35,176	11.9
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	71	36,048	12.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	58	16,760	5.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	58	28,457	9.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	56	20,265	6.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	50	19,444	6.6
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	50	22,666	7.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	43	12,722	4.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	38	11,612	3.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	32	12,473	4.2
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	32	6,295	2.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	23	9,153	3.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	22	3,578	1.2
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	22	40,900	13.8
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	18	3,155	1.1
Buddhism	Other Theology	17	n.a.	n.a.
Bahá'í	Other Theology	15	1,140	0.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,799	0.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,952	0.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,855	0.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,705	0.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	12	2,116	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	11	3,927	1.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	10	8,225	2.8
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	9	11,817	4.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,078	0.4
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	4,243	1.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	9	12,380	4.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,343	0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	7	695	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,984	0.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,167	0.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	6	4,147	1.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	6	2,324	0.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	6	1,804	0.6
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	263	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	6,037	2.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	4	174	0.1
Hindu	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	4	225	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	4	219	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	4	934	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	1,569	0.5
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	341	0.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	3	n.a.	n.a.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	3	1,191	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	571	0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	2	94	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	95	0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	2	3,228	1.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	145	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	2	231	0.1
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	2	382	0.1
Sikh	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	2	446	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	95	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	560	0.2
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	1	5	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	110	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	175	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	250	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	512	0.2
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	363	0.1
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	36	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	16	0.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	478	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	47	0.0
Jain	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,756	1,676,905
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		1,924,105

The population of these 13 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,538,834; in 2000 it was 2,968,806. The total population changed 16.9%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,676,905) include 56.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,924,105) include 64.8% 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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