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Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

30,528 23,935 4,540 72,544 799,952 402,415
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
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1,862 790,754 592.8
Catholic Church Catholic 30 72,544 54.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 28 8,695 6.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 21 6,164 4.6
Buddhism Other Theology 12 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 12 4,457 3.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 11 5,442 4.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 9 5,342 4.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 8 4,921 3.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 7 996 0.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 7 3,482 2.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 6 764 0.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 1,660 1.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 6 1,139 0.9
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 6 1,484 1.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 5 439 0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 5 489 0.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 5 4,350 3.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 5 599 0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 4 810 0.6
Vineyard USA Evangelical Protestant 4 984 0.7
Bahá'í Other Theology 4 457 0.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 1,067 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 469 0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 909 0.7
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 3 3,453 2.6
Muslim Estimate Other Theology 3 3,482 2.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 1,532 1.2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 104 0.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 3 196 0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 410 0.3
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 2 77 0.1
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 182 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 78 0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 123 0.1
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 2 53 0.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 391 0.3
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Sikh Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 2 0 0.0
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 75 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 348 0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin Orthodox 1 462 0.4
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) Evangelical Protestant 1 20 0.0
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 1 470 0.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 46 0.0
Southwide Baptist Fellowship Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA Orthodox 1 120 0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 68 0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 20 0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 1 428 0.3
Hindu Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 129 0.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 800 0.6
Holy Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox 1 15 0.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 2,125 931,499  
Total (Adjusted)**:   1,036,737  
The population of these 3 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,072,227; in 2000 it was 1,333,914. The total population changed 24.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (931,499) include 69.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,036,737) include 77.7% of the population.

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*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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