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Denominational Groups, 2000

386,519	211,826	5,615	645,700	83,044	1,270,903
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	307	175,994	67.6
Catholic Church	Catholic	289	645,700	248.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	166	62,134	23.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	148	93,300	35.8
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	144	63,844	24.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	105	16,794	6.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	80	29,424	11.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	69	11,349	4.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	54	18,029	6.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	44	8,164	3.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	41	12,933	5.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	41	17,851	6.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	38	11,576	4.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	34	15,090	5.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	30	9,485	3.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	27	2,404	0.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	24	6,949	2.7
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	24	54,200	20.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	22	4,164	1.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	19	4,197	1.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,824	0.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	16	1,533	0.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	15	4,422	1.7
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	14	6,656	2.6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,572	0.6
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,574	0.6
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,205	0.5
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,537	0.6
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	10	14,854	5.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	9	5,900	2.3
Bahá'í	Other Theology	8	916	0.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	8	5,243	2.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,891	0.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	3,013	1.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	7	530	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	3,715	1.4
Buddhism	Other Theology	5	n.a.	n.a.
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	5	967	0.4
Hindu	Other Theology	5	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	4	171	0.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	4	1,498	0.6
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	3	3,906	1.5
Sikh	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	399	0.2
Jain	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	166	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	158	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	3	522	0.2
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	2	379	0.2
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	319	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	134	0.1
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	2	2	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	2	200	0.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	2	322	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	172	0.1
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	118	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	45	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	152	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	336	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	308	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	75	0.0
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	320	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	300	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese	Orthodox	1	156	0.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	168	0.1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	1	277	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	40	0.0
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	235	0.1
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	12	0.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	285	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	440	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	1	69	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	62	0.0
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,970	1,332,704
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		1,692,696

The population of these 12 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,492,525; in 2000 it was 2,603,607. The total population changed 4.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,332,704) include 51.2% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,692,696) include 65.0% 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 [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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