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 |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+6 |
+46,977 |
26.3% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+3,050 |
55.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+9 |
+3,013 |
21.4% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+1,853 |
27.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,739 |
31.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
+1,690 |
18.3% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,327 |
67.3% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,140 |
389.1% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,010 |
1160.9% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+698 |
73.2% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+636 |
114.4% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+265 |
196.3% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+178 |
17.1% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+138 |
24.9% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+136 |
7.9% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+110 |
7.7% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+97 |
53.9% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+85 |
48.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+54 |
2.7% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+47 |
130.6% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+28 |
8.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+21 |
13.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+21 |
1.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1 |
2.4% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+4 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-16 |
-29.6% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-16 |
-13.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-21 |
-35.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-32 |
-6.9% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-36 |
-1.6% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-39 |
-39.0% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-42 |
-29.6% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-48 |
-53.3% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-62 |
-23.6% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-87 |
-70.7% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-132 |
-34.3% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-144 |
-6.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-291 |
-33.9% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-505 |
-73.5% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-532 |
-5.6% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-604 |
-12.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-1,929 |
-16.9% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-2,975 |
-59.8% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-4,553 |
-16.6% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+50
| +52,250 |
+16.4% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 666,880; in 2000 it was 843,746. The total population changed 26.5%. The adherent totals for 1990 (325,335) represent 48.8% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (378,651) include 44.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 44 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 44 groups had 319,520 adherents in 1990 and 371,770 adherents in 2000, for a change of 16.4%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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