Syracuse, NY MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

27,391	88,122	3,587	214,304	15,958	382,755
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	106	214,304	292.7
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	131	41,725	57.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	49	11,293	15.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	46	9,463	12.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	14	9,421	12.9
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	7	9,415	12.9
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	36	9,232	12.6
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	3	3,718	5.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	20	3,249	4.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	3,200	4.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	23	3,054	4.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	9	2,639	3.6
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	13	2,612	3.6
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	2,187	3.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	8	1,941	2.7
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,856	2.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,802	2.5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,525	2.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,204	1.6
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,159	1.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,134	1.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,048	1.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,030	1.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	4	950	1.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	927	1.3
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	800	1.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	4	800	1.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	3	784	1.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	5	744	1.0
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	1	614	0.8
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	581	0.8
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	4	574	0.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	3	510	0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	3	453	0.6
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	424	0.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	2	428	0.6
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	1	314	0.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	267	0.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	1	265	0.4
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	210	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	3	185	0.3
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	177	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	172	0.2
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	1	130	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	121	0.2
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	100	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	103	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	105	0.1
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean)	Evangelical Protestant	1	100	0.1
Bahá'í	Other Theology	1	84	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	1	70	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	37	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	38	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	31	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	1	16	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	12	0.0
Sikh	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Buddhism	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	601	349,362
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		403,745

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 742,177; in 2000 it was 732,117. The total population changed -1.4%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (349,362) include 47.7% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (403,745) include 55.1% 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/grc [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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