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Sioux Falls, SD MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

17,700 55,356 232 35,042 1,249 62,833
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 5 2,938 21.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 4 1,448 10.4
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 2 170 1.2
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 1,544 11.1
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 255 1.8
Catholic Church Catholic 18 24,456 175.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 82 0.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 419 3.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 96 0.7
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 3 1,360 9.8
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 90 0.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 566 4.1
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.2
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.4
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 135 1.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 921 6.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 54 0.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 46 33,046 237.3
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 1 61 0.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 9 0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 135 1.0
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 24 0.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 9 3,971 28.5
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.2
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 3 158 1.1
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 28 0.2
Netherlands Reformed Congregations Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.6
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 4 768 5.5
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 2,601 18.7
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 459 3.3
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 9 2,972 21.4
Reformed Church in the United States Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 197 1.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 275 2.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 345 2.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 57 0.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 6 1,727 12.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 13 7,211 51.8
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 800 5.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 663 4.8
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 169 90,359  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 139,236. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (90,359) include 64.9% 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.