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Ocala, FL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

38,594 18,531 314 29,725 1,928 169,824
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 43 21,820 112.0
Catholic Church Catholic 8 15,209 78.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 29 9,305 47.8
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 7,733 39.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 10 4,339 22.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 4,005 20.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 2,550 13.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 1,745 9.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 6 1,667 8.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 8 1,519 7.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 1,475 7.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 12 1,322 6.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,100 5.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 5 975 5.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 857 4.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 4 760 3.9
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 639 3.3
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 2 553 2.8
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 449 2.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 311 1.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 289 1.5
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 215 1.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 201 1.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 137 0.7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 104 0.5
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 100 0.5
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 84 0.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 2 74 0.4
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.4
Old Regular Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 69 0.4
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 63 0.3
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 43 0.2
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 38 0.2
United Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 18 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 15 0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 181 79,970  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 194,833. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (79,970) include 41.0% 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.