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Denominational Groups, 2000

117,715 31,237 111 17,314 4,304 155,040
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 1 983 3.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 48 13,709 51.9
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 69 0.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 173 0.7
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,209 4.6
Catholic Church Catholic 9 12,481 47.2
Christ Catholic Church Evangelical Protestant 1 62 0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.3
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 75 0.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 17 5,361 20.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 1,968 7.4
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 326 1.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 2 286 1.1
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 16 0.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 4 1,905 7.2
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 37 0.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 11 1,599 6.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 34 5,035 19.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 3 323 1.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 1,774 6.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 1,030 3.9
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 188 0.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 88 0.3
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 24 0.1
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 4 235 0.9
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 1,225 4.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 9 8,633 32.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 3 146 0.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 31 0.1
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 284 1.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 8 3,176 12.0
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 109 0.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 20 2,015 7.6
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 4 600 2.3
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 2 195 0.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 13 4,763 18.0
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 2 187 0.7
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 1 12 0.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 118 0.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 713 2.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 117 60,896 230.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 237 0.9
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 3 655 2.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 45 15,695 59.4
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 71 0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.2
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 409 148,853  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 264,346. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (148,853) include 56.3% 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.