Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

222,039	652,477	32,287	2,105,726	385,890	2,790,044
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	522	2,105,726	340.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	141	285,950	46.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	560	176,745	28.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	241	133,233	21.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	283	105,794	17.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	229	95,700	15.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	266	88,034	14.2
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	50	81,216	13.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	146	39,815	6.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	99	35,208	5.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	143	33,223	5.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	25	24,837	4.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	56	14,700	2.4
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	91	14,457	2.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	34	12,986	2.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	13	12,600	2.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	93	12,167	2.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	62	10,967	1.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	40	8,015	1.3
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	28	7,081	1.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	29	6,964	1.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	26	6,131	1.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	33	5,221	0.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	51	5,166	0.8
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	2	5,100	0.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	31	4,830	0.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	17	4,584	0.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	49	4,489	0.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	27	4,449	0.7
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	11	4,039	0.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	4,000	0.7
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	6	3,969	0.6
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	26	3,365	0.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	21	3,115	0.5
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	10	2,975	0.5
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	18	2,652	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,583	0.4
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,389	0.2
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,349	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,321	0.2
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,280	0.2
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,198	0.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	10	1,154	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	1,109	0.2
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,086	0.2
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,061	0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	1,050	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	19	1,038	0.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	11	970	0.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	5	959	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	2	923	0.2
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	4	900	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	3	842	0.1
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	2	800	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	2	750	0.1
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	742	0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	5	672	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	609	0.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	5	427	0.1
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	2	414	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	400	0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	383	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	375	0.1
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	6	364	0.1
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	338	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	300	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	268	0.0
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	255	0.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	5	245	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	2	213	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	200	0.0
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	189	0.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	152	0.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	139	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	122	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	93	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	74	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	74	0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	1	54	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	52	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	27	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	11	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	3	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	9	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	5	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	11	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	5	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	3,759	3,398,419
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		4,374,553

The population of these 14 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 5,892,937; in 2000 it was 6,188,463. The total population changed 5.0%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (3,398,419) include 54.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (4,374,553) include 70.7% 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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