Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

253,446	123,852	4,918	272,474	104,089	1,506,444
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	102	272,474	120.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	163	66,334	29.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	77	34,963	15.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	87	28,585	12.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	54	27,780	12.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	10	27,100	12.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	65	23,698	10.5
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	90	23,399	10.3
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	92	21,275	9.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	19,635	8.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	55	19,588	8.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	62	17,532	7.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	49	16,106	7.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	43	15,659	6.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	61	15,157	6.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	50	14,285	6.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	10	13,750	6.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	29	10,027	4.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	18	8,035	3.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	45	6,536	2.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	17	6,413	2.8
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	5	5,602	2.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	22	5,373	2.4
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	16	5,206	2.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	26	5,043	2.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	16	3,867	1.7
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	3,787	1.7
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	37	3,691	1.6
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	3,452	1.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	2	2,601	1.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	25	2,533	1.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	9	2,520	1.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	14	2,503	1.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	12	2,416	1.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,107	0.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,946	0.9
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,852	0.8
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,652	0.7
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,588	0.7
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,508	0.7
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,494	0.7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,086	0.5
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	5	865	0.4
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	6	690	0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	616	0.3
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	2	509	0.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	4	480	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	8	470	0.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	4	422	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	417	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	398	0.2
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	2	366	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	2	322	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	8	275	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	257	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	254	0.1
Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	246	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	5	216	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	207	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	200	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	183	0.1
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	180	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	2	174	0.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	2	173	0.1
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	165	0.1
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	125	0.1
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	1	115	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	105	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	1	73	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	65	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	42	0.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	11	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	24	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	15	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,609	758,779
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		853,484

The population of these 8 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,793,476; in 2000 it was 2,265,223. The total population changed 26.3%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (758,779) include 33.5% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (853,484) include 37.7% 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 [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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