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Denominational Groups, 2000

19,530 18,075 490 11,358 1,730 98,009
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 15 5,201 35.2
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 10 2,748 18.6
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,908 12.9
Catholic Church Catholic 13 8,830 59.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 74 0.5
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 50 0.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 3 868 5.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 15 6,922 46.9
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 68 0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 165 1.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 3 123 0.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 723 4.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 13 2,246 15.2
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 15 1,617 11.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant 1 122 0.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 733 5.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 3 852 5.8
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 158 1.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 4 223 1.5
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 400 2.7
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 388 2.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 325 2.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 689 4.7
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 3 370 2.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 7 1,721 11.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 172 1.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 245 1.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 5 1,353 9.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 58 0.4
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 6 1,739 11.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 57 10,845 73.5
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 11 999 6.8
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 213 52,935  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 147,585. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (52,935) include 35.9% 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.