Peoria-Pekin, IL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

54,694	50,922	555	55,237	5,855	180,124
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.
[More information on the data sources]

Reports

Religious Bodies	Theology	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	49	20,037	57.7
Catholic Church	Catholic	34	55,237	159.0
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	24	7,724	22.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	23	13,770	39.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	19	4,789	13.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	17	10,196	29.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	16	5,982	17.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	16	2,825	8.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,930	8.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	13	3,535	10.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,319	6.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,380	4.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	10	5,166	14.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	9	2,952	8.5
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	8	5,302	15.3
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,230	6.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	7	1,366	3.9
Evangelical Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	7	2,071	6.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	6	810	2.3
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	851	2.5
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	5	3,027	8.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	5	1,599	4.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	527	1.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	306	0.9
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	3	242	0.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	585	1.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	3	223	0.6
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	3	2,480	7.1
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	3	800	2.3
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,290	3.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	2	65	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	214	0.6
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	2	434	1.3
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	930	2.7
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	272	0.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	71	0.2
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	2	542	1.6
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	124	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	309	0.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	290	0.8
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	105	0.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	107	0.3
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	94	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	150	0.4
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	139	0.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	555	1.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	50	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	105	0.3
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	59	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	52	0.2
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	45	0.1
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	377	167,263
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		196,656

The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 339,172; in 2000 it was 347,387. The total population changed 2.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (167,263) include 48.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (196,656) include 56.6% 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.

[More information on the data source]