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Denominational Groups, 2000

603,881 855,536 32,084 1,453,126 497,047 4,166,396
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
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 86 0.0
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 28 49,703 8.6
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 13 1,256 0.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 96 65,333 11.3
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) Evangelical Protestant 1 45 0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia Orthodox 1 450 0.1
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 98 20,778 3.6
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 79 0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 3 122 0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 4 916 0.2
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 3 396 0.1
Catholic Church Catholic 338 953,024 164.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 16 1,758 0.3
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 18 1,325 0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 48 13,653 2.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 38 7,392 1.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 3 471 0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 24 6,123 1.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 84 8,808 1.5
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 164 0.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 57 22,761 3.9
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 57 13,826 2.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 40 7,733 1.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 51 8,905 1.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 51 0.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 294 156,561 27.0
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Mainline Protestant 1 298 0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 189 0.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 3 331 0.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 247 142,220 24.6
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 12 2,322 0.4
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 15 2,865 0.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 5 402 0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 14 1,206 0.2
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 45 34,572 6.0
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 530 0.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 73 36,071 6.2
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 22 0.0
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 3 875 0.2
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 3 175 0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 7 801 0.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 323 91,008 15.7
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 24 5,822 1.0
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant 4 954 0.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 20 5,998 1.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 2 92 0.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 84 23,318 4.0
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 414 228,059 39.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 22 6,985 1.2
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 87 33,374 5.8
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 884 373,211 64.5
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 3 420 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 617 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 3,623 2,334,456  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 5,790,490. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,334,456) include 40.3% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.