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Metro Area Membership Report
Tucson, AZ MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
39 |
178,448 |
267.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
40 |
27,428 |
41.1 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
8 |
20,000 |
30.0 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
35 |
14,064 |
21.1 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
15 |
11,439 |
17.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
14 |
9,568 |
14.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
16 |
9,216 |
13.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
10 |
6,872 |
10.3 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
5,580 |
8.4 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
5,550 |
8.3 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
5,540 |
8.3 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
4,975 |
7.5 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
4,885 |
7.3 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
2,326 |
3.5 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
4 |
2,221 |
3.3 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
1,975 |
3.0 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,971 |
3.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,952 |
2.9 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
1,732 |
2.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
7 |
1,436 |
2.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
1,043 |
1.6 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
954 |
1.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
3 |
858 |
1.3 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
687 |
1.0 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
556 |
0.8 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
2 |
554 |
0.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
467 |
0.7 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
385 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
319 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
293 |
0.4 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
275 |
0.4 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
263 |
0.4 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
180 |
0.3 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
177 |
0.3 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
154 |
0.2 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
142 |
0.2 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
135 |
0.2 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
123 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
123 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
100 |
0.2 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
90 |
0.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
87 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
60 |
0.1 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
54 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
42 |
0.1 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
36 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 367 |
325,335 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 666,880. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (325,335) include 48.8% 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.
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