Rochester, NY MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

44,645	120,168	6,117	357,461	34,302	535,508
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	139	357,461	325.5
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	110	37,420	34.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	86	25,733	23.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	65	19,557	17.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	44	13,528	12.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	35	5,507	5.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	29	13,576	12.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	28	7,564	6.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	19	10,400	9.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	17	3,630	3.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	16	4,790	4.4
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	15	22,800	20.8
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,667	1.5
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	11	n.a.	n.a.
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	11	995	0.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,177	2.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	10	906	0.8
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	2,670	2.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	9	2,346	2.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	9	577	0.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,401	1.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,574	1.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	696	0.6
Buddhism	Other Theology	6	n.a.	n.a.
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,815	1.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	6	636	0.6
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	4	4,882	4.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	4	147	0.1
Sikh	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	4,575	4.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	4	1,253	1.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	451	0.4
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,172	1.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	368	0.3
Hindu	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	3	264	0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	3	198	0.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	527	0.5
Jain	Other Theology	2	n.a.	n.a.
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	2	297	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	2	125	0.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,325	1.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	250	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	40	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	216	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	2	3,105	2.8
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	240	0.2
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	340	0.3
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	975	0.9
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	50	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	472	0.4
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	52	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	55	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	39	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	1,200	1.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	121	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	75	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	102	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	97	0.1
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	70	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	159	0.1
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	804	562,693
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		669,881

The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,062,470; in 2000 it was 1,098,201. The total population changed 3.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (562,693) include 51.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (669,881) include 61.0% 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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