Orlando, FL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

267,005	111,559	2,502	217,207	30,492	1,015,796
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	34	217,207	132.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	136	128,009	77.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	73	52,926	32.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	61	28,957	17.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	43	25,364	15.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	47	17,008	10.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	15	15,830	9.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	27	14,679	8.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	11,985	7.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	17	11,724	7.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	63	11,191	6.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	25	10,929	6.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	19	9,387	5.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	27	9,046	5.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	38	7,204	4.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	43	6,576	4.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	16	6,352	3.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	12	4,504	2.7
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	26	4,207	2.6
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	3,965	2.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	11	3,339	2.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	9	3,138	1.9
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	4	2,691	1.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	22	2,579	1.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,618	1.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	1,473	0.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	1,185	0.7
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,145	0.7
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	7	946	0.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	19	920	0.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	8	884	0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	7	722	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	715	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	4	699	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	573	0.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	6	578	0.4
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	575	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	5	559	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	536	0.3
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	6	532	0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	2	488	0.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	486	0.3
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	499	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	3	483	0.3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	375	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	369	0.2
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	2	337	0.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	3	315	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	300	0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	280	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	280	0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	255	0.2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	269	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	3	253	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	5	217	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	174	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	180	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	155	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	1	146	0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	102	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	105	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	75	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	67	0.0
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	2	68	0.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	30	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	0	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	7	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	969	628,765
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		772,859

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,224,852; in 2000 it was 1,644,561. The total population changed 34.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (628,765) include 38.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (772,859) include 47.0% 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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