Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+344 |
+82,707 |
11.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+18,466 |
34.1% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
+1,400 |
47.5% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+9 |
+1,089 |
21.5% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,073 |
233.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+854 |
21.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+734 |
15.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+526 |
6.4% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+416 |
71.7% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+398 |
560.6% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+375 |
86.2% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+230 |
27.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+224 |
84.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+213 |
157.8% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+206 |
101.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+191 |
26.6% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+55 |
1.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+52 |
1.5% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+25 |
6.2% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+14 |
233.3% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+10 |
14.7% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-18 |
-14.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-40 |
-6.3% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-60 |
-12.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-79 |
-51.3% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-150 |
-15.8% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-191 |
-32.8% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-276 |
-26.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-460 |
-28.8% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-537 |
-10.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-737 |
-30.7% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+363
| +106,710 |
+13.1% |
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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 adherent totals for 1990 (817,180) represent 76.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (931,499) include 69.8% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 31 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 31 groups had 812,968 adherents in 1990 and 919,678 adherents in 2000, for a change of 13.1%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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