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Tuscaloosa, AL MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

62,889 15,468   3,550 1,898 81,070
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 87 43,288 287.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 39 10,143 67.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 16 10,572 70.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 12 1,931 12.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 12 2,361 15.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 8 1,034 6.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 7 2,029 13.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 6 2,025 13.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 6 868 5.8
Catholic Church Catholic 4 2,190 14.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 224 1.5
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 1,604 10.7
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant 3 40 0.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 453 3.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 422 2.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 438 2.9
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 86 0.6
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 685 4.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 843 5.6
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 2 268 1.8
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 44 0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 59 0.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 300 2.0
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 159 1.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 99 0.7
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 850 5.7
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 12,617 83.8
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 231 95,709  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 150,522. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (95,709) include 63.6% 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.