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Denominational Groups, 2000

66,304 35,493 808 21,711 5,267 163,417
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 68 42,418 183.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 43 20,436 88.6
Catholic Church Catholic 15 14,563 63.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 13 4,774 20.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 14 4,653 20.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 10 2,070 9.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 1,838 8.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 10 1,739 7.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 1,229 5.3
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 7 1,174 5.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 5 1,012 4.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 975 4.2
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 935 4.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 852 3.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 815 3.5
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 5 697 3.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 6 636 2.8
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 333 1.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 314 1.4
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 3 300 1.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 195 0.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 165 0.7
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 150 0.7
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 1 143 0.6
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 3 132 0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 69 0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 49 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 244 102,706  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 230,728. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (102,706) include 44.5% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.