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Rochester, MN MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

16,620 29,852 498 27,239 2,499 47,569
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 11 7,193 78.2
Catholic Church Catholic 11 19,978 217.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 10 13,869 150.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 6,632 72.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 4 579 6.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 1,039 11.3
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 3 2,078 22.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 2 2,233 24.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 427 4.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 1,731 18.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 191 2.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 2 174 1.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 248 2.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 1 400 4.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 431 4.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 196 2.1
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant 1 35 0.4
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 55 0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 102 1.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 7 0.1
Berean Fundamental Church Evangelical Protestant 1 82 0.9
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 294 3.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 493 5.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 206 2.2
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1 188 2.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 146 1.6
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 132 1.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 220 2.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 77 59,359  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 92,006. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (59,359) include 64.5% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.