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Denominational Groups, 2000

106,686 71,760 1,832 72,302 7,833 284,807
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
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 71 37,420 77.1
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 39 33,885 69.8
Catholic Church Catholic 34 63,724 131.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 29 4,941 10.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 29 10,922 22.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 28 9,214 19.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 26 10,390 21.4
Mennonite Church USA Evangelical Protestant 24 6,142 12.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 21 10,913 22.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 21 4,797 9.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 19 5,153 10.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 15 8,631 17.8
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 11 1,917 4.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 11 8,530 17.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 10 3,923 8.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 9 4,786 9.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 9 3,325 6.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 8 3,501 7.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 7 858 1.8
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 7 1,773 3.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 6 1,767 3.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 5 1,714 3.5
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant 5 1,079 2.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 5 639 1.3
Wesleyan Church, The Evangelical Protestant 5 463 1.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 4 521 1.1
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 4 193 0.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 4 1,835 3.8
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 4 257 0.5
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 3 648 1.3
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 3 1,638 3.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 3 524 1.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 3 n.a. n.a.
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 155 0.3
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 3 510 1.1
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 794 1.6
Church of the United Brethren in Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 124 0.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 1,000 2.1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 2 86 0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 2 70 0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 57 0.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 123 0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 20 0.0
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 98 0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 211 0.4
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 84 0.2
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 1 114 0.2
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 98 0.2
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 156 0.3
Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The Evangelical Protestant 1 14 0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 n.a. n.a.
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 12,487 25.7
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 514 262,301  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 485,270. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (262,301) include 54.1% 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.