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Denominational Groups, 2000

49,249	94,302	2,955	144,805	14,529	312,363
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^†
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	88	31,888	51.9
Catholic Church	Catholic	67	105,555	171.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	62	47,699	77.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	20	6,834	11.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	18	7,052	11.5
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	16	5,407	8.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	16	4,550	7.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	15	3,922	6.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,534	4.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	14	4,034	6.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	14	5,190	8.5
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	11	2,705	4.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	10	6,488	10.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	10	3,517	5.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	10	3,439	5.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	9	2,242	3.7
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	9	1,766	2.9
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	863	1.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	6	3,100	5.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	6	957	1.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	5	421	0.7
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	5	1,978	3.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	4	268	0.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	4	411	0.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	4	1,372	2.2
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	4	6,300	10.3
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	363	0.6
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	644	1.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	3	364	0.6
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	198	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	3,125	5.1
Evangelical Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	3	1,506	2.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	3	284	0.5
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	3	179	0.3
Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association	Evangelical Protestant	3	593	1.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	3	648	1.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	2	16	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	2	273	0.4
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	2	n.a.	n.a.
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	542	0.9
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	361	0.6
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	143	0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	1	190	0.3
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	44	0.1
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	1	31	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	1	45	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	82	0.1
Old Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	1	83	0.1
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	1	421	0.7
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	1	255	0.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	1	400	0.7
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	137	0.2
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	n.a.	23,859	38.9
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	508	295,278

The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 614,128. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (295,278) include 48.1% 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.