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Denominational Groups, 2000

137,785 53,860 1,286 485,163 25,303 634,329
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
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 5 2,816 2.2
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 4 471 0.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 26 10,207 7.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 6 1,543 1.2
Catholic Church Catholic 140 544,035 417.3
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 6 1,033 0.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 780 0.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 13 1,905 1.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 8 2,659 2.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 1,063 0.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 23 2,168 1.7
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 463 0.4
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 24 12,192 9.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 10 3,461 2.7
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 35 0.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 4 5,426 4.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 25 13,760 10.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 32 10,524 8.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 3 208 0.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 193 0.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 9 2,651 2.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 99 68,388 52.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 420 0.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 10 2,990 2.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 75 28,899 22.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 100 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 201 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 542 718,621  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,303,800. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (718,621) include 55.1% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.