Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

323,813	227,476	6,164	431,477	151,873	2,413,957
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^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	125	431,477	121.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	230	92,214	25.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	148	77,064	21.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	141	61,042	17.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	107	43,793	12.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	28	39,760	11.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	110	38,149	10.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	18	29,780	8.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	101	27,199	7.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	69	26,817	7.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	18	24,145	6.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	59	23,569	6.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	75	22,832	6.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	75	21,263	6.0
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	50	16,943	4.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	37	15,845	4.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	62	14,850	4.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	49	13,944	3.9
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	11	12,317	3.5
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	34	11,303	3.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	43	9,489	2.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	61	8,158	2.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	30	7,646	2.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	27	7,225	2.0
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	36	6,016	1.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	25	5,629	1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	25	5,074	1.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	16	3,869	1.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	55	3,713	1.0
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	3,681	1.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	18	3,347	0.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	4	3,084	0.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	20	2,972	0.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	14	2,438	0.7
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	17	2,097	0.6
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	12	2,052	0.6
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,996	0.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	18	1,972	0.6
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	13	1,967	0.6
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	5	1,312	0.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	14	1,264	0.4
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	993	0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	924	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	17	919	0.3
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	7	870	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	806	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	5	736	0.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	730	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	721	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	601	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	2	494	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	453	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	400	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	10	384	0.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	4	317	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	3	316	0.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	3	315	0.1
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	1	280	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	200	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	5	186	0.1
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	2	184	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	4	165	0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	3	163	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	84	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	1	77	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	75	0.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	42	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	19	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	15	0.0
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	14	0.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	13	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	69	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	24	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	16	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	2,251	1,140,803
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		1,307,279

The population of these 6 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,970,328; in 2000 it was 3,554,760. The total population changed 19.7%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,140,803) include 32.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,307,279) include 36.8% 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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