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Denominational Groups, 2000

250,731 106,353 1,179 617,262 27,418 589,440
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 152 137,660 103.9
Catholic Church Catholic 112 477,488 360.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 75 44,244 33.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 57 10,554 8.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 56 9,725 7.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 42 22,539 17.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 36 12,948 9.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 23 13,958 10.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 21 1,839 1.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 19 9,038 6.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 16 9,890 7.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 16 2,224 1.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 14 1,998 1.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 13 2,263 1.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 13 21,680 16.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 9 5,278 4.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 8 1,848 1.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 7 269 0.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 5 10,000 7.6
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 5 275 0.2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 5 2,350 1.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 5 2,801 2.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 5 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 5 300 0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 4 2,900 2.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 3 119 0.1
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 212 0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 3 803 0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 390 0.3
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 322 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 320 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 95 0.1
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 105 0.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 124 0.1
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 102 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 309 0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 48 0.0
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 75 0.1
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 72 0.1
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 21 0.0
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 94 0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 8 0.0
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 37,670 28.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 758 844,998  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,324,749. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (844,998) include 63.8% of the total population in 1990.

Source

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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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.