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Wausau, WI MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

21,174 20,748   46,160 1,033 36,719
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
Catholic Church Catholic 26 43,250 388.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 17 12,130 109.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 16 10,559 94.9
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 17 5,631 50.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 5 3,472 31.2
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 6 2,643 23.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 4 2,307 20.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 3 678 6.1
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 540 4.9
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 2 492 4.4
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 416 3.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 412 3.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 270 2.4
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1 217 2.0
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 205 1.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 1 192 1.7
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 185 1.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 138 1.2
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 137 1.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 120 1.1
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 1 110 1.0
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 79 0.7
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 65 0.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 6 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 111 84,254  

The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1980 was 111,270. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (84,254) include 75.7% 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.