New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

484,982	1,163,295	159,371	8,947,233	2,420,616	7,928,795
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^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	1,579	8,947,233	424.0
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	1,233	2,028,200	96.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	693	228,610	10.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	642	234,317	11.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	565	169,053	8.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	519	104,542	5.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	458	217,776	10.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	396	144,975	6.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	265	70,505	3.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	243	67,776	3.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	234	80,763	3.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	206	30,212	1.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	191	25,415	1.2
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	185	331,045	15.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	167	62,484	3.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	144	44,354	2.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	143	23,280	1.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	136	14,241	0.7
Hindu	Other Theology	117	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	114	n.a.	n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	103	15,303	0.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	85	10,034	0.5
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	74	18,665	0.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	74	79,602	3.8
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	57	4,803	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	56	9,407	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	56	12,745	0.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	52	5,750	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	43	7,801	0.4
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	42	2,942	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	39	5,013	0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	37	2,756	0.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	31	4,272	0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	30	5,274	0.3
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	26	1,612	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	25	7,126	0.3
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	24	5,825	0.3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	24	3,317	0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	23	n.a.	n.a.
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	22	2,125	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	21	6,948	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	21	5,034	0.2
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	19	3,512	0.2
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	18	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	2,823	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,554	0.1
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	16	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	15	n.a.	n.a.
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	15	2,612	0.1
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	15	4,717	0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,654	0.1
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	9,025	0.4
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	13	4,232	0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	25,400	1.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	11	3,339	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	11	6,158	0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	11	20,062	1.0
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,284	0.1
Jain	Other Theology	10	n.a.	n.a.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	934	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	8	1,370	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	8	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	8	n.a.	n.a.
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	7	362	0.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	7	559	0.0
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	7	957	0.1
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	6	3,600	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	6	379	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	570	0.0
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,026	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	5	1,392	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	5	484	0.0
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,092	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	4	7,150	0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	3	4,340	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	3	5,400	0.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	3	539	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	3	186	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	189	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	3	524	0.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	3	1,102	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	56	0.0
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	2	264	0.0
Netherlands Reformed Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	2	813	0.0
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	2	104	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	2	3,000	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	2	625	0.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	8,052	0.4
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	71	0.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	50	0.0
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	1	600	0.0
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	30	0.0
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	1	760	0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	1	6	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.0
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	1	27	0.0
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	61	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	207	0.0
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	1	29	0.0
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	1	24	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	21	0.0
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	9,584	13,175,497
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		16,720,255

The population of these 29 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 19,462,450; in 2000 it was 21,104,292. The total population changed 8.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (13,175,497) include 62.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (16,720,255) include 79.2% 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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