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Pueblo, CO MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

12,450 9,567 294 54,408 3,208 61,545
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 2,664 21.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 7 3,250 26.4
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 606 4.9
Catholic Church Catholic 27 34,446 279.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 56 0.5
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 1,217 9.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 151 1.2
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 66 0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 174 1.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 28 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,800 14.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 4 692 5.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 674 5.5
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 735 6.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 1,216 9.9
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 42 0.3
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 110 0.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 1,675 13.6
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 287 2.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 250 2.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 771 6.3
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.4
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 3 1,739 14.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 728 5.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 11 3,313 26.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 28 0.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 286 2.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 11 3,731 30.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 66 0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 167 1.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 121 61,190  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 123,051. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (61,190) include 49.7% of the total population in 1990.

Source

The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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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.