Pittsburgh, PA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

117,884	380,532	26,513	988,490	54,971	790,305
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	399	988,490	419.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	363	122,873	52.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	377	115,973	49.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	200	80,543	34.2
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	38	40,580	17.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	85	25,388	10.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	63	19,203	8.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	58	17,520	7.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	59	15,490	6.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	47	9,283	3.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	36	8,802	3.7
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	12	8,646	3.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	27	8,208	3.5
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	7	7,952	3.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	46	7,488	3.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	23	6,579	2.8
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	6,578	2.8
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	26	5,351	2.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	16	5,152	2.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	36	4,976	2.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	24	4,742	2.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	7	4,592	2.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	4,500	1.9
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	10	4,194	1.8
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	19	3,325	1.4
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	24	3,284	1.4
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	8	3,255	1.4
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	12	3,125	1.3
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	31	2,703	1.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	23	2,634	1.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,399	1.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	27	2,334	1.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,333	1.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,130	0.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,925	0.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,808	0.8
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,485	0.6
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,361	0.6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,170	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	7	1,093	0.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	847	0.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	7	826	0.4
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	760	0.3
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	10	607	0.3
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	521	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	518	0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	7	495	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	9	450	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	435	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	5	414	0.2
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	6	403	0.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	285	0.1
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	265	0.1
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	2	264	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	253	0.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	194	0.1
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	13	189	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	182	0.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	171	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	148	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	128	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	119	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	97	0.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	96	0.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	2	93	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	3	67	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	54	0.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	42	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	3	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	2,327	1,568,390
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		1,832,144

The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,394,811; in 2000 it was 2,358,695. The total population changed -1.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,568,390) include 66.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,832,144) include 77.7% 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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