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Denominational Groups, 2000

11,773 33,324 1,003 33,163 708 73,201
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
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 6 2,292 14.4
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church Orthodox 1 106 0.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 5 599 3.8
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 1,047 6.6
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 51 0.3
Catholic Church Catholic 41 34,194 214.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 2 260 1.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 12 3,652 22.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 16 3,117 19.6
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 6 460 2.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 3 308 1.9
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 27 0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 2 565 3.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 9 763 4.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 27 2,702 17.0
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 480 3.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 8 1,783 11.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 14 5,180 32.5
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 34 0.2
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 3 757 4.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 2 n.a. n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 1.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 300 1.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 230 1.4
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 1 76 0.5
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses Orthodox 2 n.a. n.a.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 37 7,503 47.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 36 0.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 247 1.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 116 0.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 3 1,030 6.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 3 85 0.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 3 711 4.5
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 77 17,408 109.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 70 0.4
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 299 86,489  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 159,301. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (86,489) include 54.3% 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.