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Odessa-Midland, TX MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

82,660 21,062 135 31,212 2,039 100,024
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 58 56,287 237.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 31 7,604 32.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 17 10,361 43.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 13 2,154 9.1
Catholic Church Catholic 11 31,212 131.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 7 7,750 32.7
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 5 2,357 9.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 5 429 1.8
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 5 690 2.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,575 6.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 1,745 7.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 4,267 18.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 4 674 2.8
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 4 704 3.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 4 3,050 12.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 4 1,027 4.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 506 2.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 3 558 2.4
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 3 296 1.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,625 6.9
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 119 0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 104 0.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 373 1.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 200 0.8
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 190 0.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 379 1.6
Bahá'í Other Theology 1 60 0.3
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 83 0.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 23 0.1
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 1 169 0.7
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.3
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 1 100 0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.3
Hindu Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis Orthodox 1 135 0.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 55 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 223 137,108  
Total (Adjusted)**:   158,677  
The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 225,545; in 2000 it was 237,132. The total population changed 5.1%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (137,108) include 57.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (158,677) include 66.9% 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/grc [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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