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Denominational Groups, 2000

297,366	164,169	12,793	368,580	64,224	1,488,865
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	199	154,165	74.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	112	89,822	43.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	88	12,646	6.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	75	21,418	10.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	71	316,541	153.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	60	29,838	14.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	58	14,448	7.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	43	24,217	11.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	41	21,699	10.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	40	6,104	3.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	29	15,912	7.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	28	10,589	5.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	27	6,546	3.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	23	13,243	6.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	20	2,110	1.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	19	7,100	3.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	19	8,369	4.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,820	0.9
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	17	23,000	11.1
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other Theology	16	n.a.	n.a.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	13	4,083	2.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	12	501	0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	11	637	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	3,847	1.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,545	0.8
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	9	747	0.4
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	9	n.a.	n.a.
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	8	669	0.3
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,040	0.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	8	2,140	1.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,371	0.7
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	7	994	0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	7	886	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	6	944	0.5
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	1,240	0.6
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	4,900	2.4
Primitive Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	6	289	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	6	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	5	1,502	0.7
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	337	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	671	0.3
Advent Christian Church	Evangelical Protestant	5	531	0.3
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	349	0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	4	1,315	0.6
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	676	0.3
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	3	64	0.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	3	177	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	215	0.1
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	51	0.0
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	2	1,000	0.5
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	117	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	327	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	242	0.1
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	121	0.1
Reformed Episcopal Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	6	0.0
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	1	209	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	17	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	205	0.1
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church	Mainline Protestant	1	53	0.0
Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations	Evangelical Protestant	1	58	0.0
Old Regular Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	1	34	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	1	35	0.0
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	1	62	0.0
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	n.a.	n.a.
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	n.a.	57,563	27.8
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,219	871,357

The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,067,959. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (871,357) include 42.1% 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.