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