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^†
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	47	37,181	215.7
Catholic Church	Catholic	18	35,042	203.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	14	6,852	39.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	10	4,425	25.7
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	9	3,511	20.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	7	2,448	14.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	6	2,039	11.8
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	6	1,696	9.8
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,110	6.4
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	560	3.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	4	923	5.4
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,887	10.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,646	9.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	4	575	3.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	3	1,037	6.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	333	1.9
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	652	3.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	2	579	3.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,084	6.3
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	1,388	8.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	2	794	4.6
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	106	0.6
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	2	140	0.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	2	66	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	295	1.7
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	39	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	30	0.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	181	1.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	1	75	0.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	1	128	0.7
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	10	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	1	546	3.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	70	0.4
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	46	0.3
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	1	166	1.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	282	1.6
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	13	0.1
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	404	2.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	1	61	0.4
Netherlands Reformed Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	1	51	0.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	1	195	1.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	27	0.2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	350	2.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	222	1.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	163	1.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	24	0.1
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	1	127	0.7
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	191	109,579
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		121,789

The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 139,236; in 2000 it was 172,412. The total population changed 23.8%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (109,579) include 63.6% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (121,789) include 70.6% 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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