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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 Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 446 0.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 38 14,193 11.0
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 4 1,347 1.1
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 126,178 98.2
Catholic Church Catholic 164 546,806 425.4
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 7 554 0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 5 1,139 0.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 54 0.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 7 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 242 0.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 11 2,297 1.8
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 9 0.0
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 6 200 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 13 3,848 3.0
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 9 687 0.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 21 3,413 2.7
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 457 0.4
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 24 11,201 8.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 170 0.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 12 3,284 2.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 39 0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 3,400 2.7
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 500 0.4
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association Evangelical Protestant 7 721 0.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 11 12,000 9.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 28 12,182 9.5
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 394 0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 32 9,237 7.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 3 291 0.2
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 56 0.0
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 138 0.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 14 4,623 3.6
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 101 76,528 59.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 548 0.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 11 3,254 2.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 76 30,592 23.8
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 63 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 229 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 637 874,136  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,285,270. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (874,136) include 68.0% 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.