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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	237	160,425	67.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	108	84,915	35.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	88	12,382	5.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	85	24,112	10.1
Catholic Church	Catholic	74	368,580	153.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	70	18,103	7.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	61	25,411	10.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	44	20,456	8.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	42	18,941	7.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	39	5,611	2.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	30	7,125	3.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	28	16,882	7.1
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	24	45,215	18.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	24	12,744	5.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	20	8,091	3.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	18	5,911	2.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	17	2,059	0.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	17	1,649	0.7
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	17	3,002	1.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	13	5,318	2.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,906	0.8
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,565	0.7
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	12	3,811	1.6
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	12	714	0.3
Buddhism	Other Theology	11	n.a.	n.a.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	11	862	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	3,362	1.4
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	10	488	0.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	9	920	0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	9	2,908	1.2
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	9	n.a.	n.a.
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,385	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	8	933	0.4
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,319	0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,079	0.5
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	7	9,065	3.8
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	7	n.a.	n.a.
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	6	2,765	1.2
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	503	0.2
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	6	3,268	1.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	6	9,030	3.8
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	6	738	0.3
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	6	432	0.2
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	n.a.	n.a.
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	5	911	0.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	5	773	0.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	5	2,000	0.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	776	0.3
Hindu	Other Theology	5	n.a.	n.a.
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	4	406	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	161	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	498	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	3	106	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	928	0.4
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	3	100	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	3	992	0.4
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	3	348	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	3	534	0.2
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	n.a.	n.a.
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	3	86	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	2	1,600	0.7
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	2	162	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	237	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	2	176	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	226	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	1	300	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	60	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	1	150	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	1	700	0.3
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	21	0.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	408	0.2
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	120	0.1
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	1	61	0.0
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	1	207	0.1
Jain	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	1	100	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	1,345	907,132
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		1,080,114

The population of these 4 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,067,959; in 2000 it was 2,395,997. The total population changed 15.9%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (907,132) include 37.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (1,080,114) include 45.1% 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 [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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