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Wichita Falls, TX MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

59,457 13,119 297 14,003 1,460 52,182
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 51 47,326 336.8
Catholic Church Catholic 10 14,003 99.7
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 18 7,678 54.6
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 20 4,411 31.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 16 2,695 19.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 6 2,358 16.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 1,871 13.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 6 1,562 11.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,113 7.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 5 1,017 7.2
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 4 657 4.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 2 502 3.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 3 476 3.4
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 355 2.5
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 2 327 2.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 1 260 1.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 1 248 1.8
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 5 245 1.7
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 209 1.5
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The Orthodox 2 186 1.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 3 181 1.3
Progressive Primitive Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 140 1.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox 1 111 0.8
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 2 105 0.8
Bahá'í Other Theology 1 87 0.6
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 53 0.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 52 0.4
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 38 0.3
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 37 0.3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 33 0.2
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 n.a. n.a.
Buddhism Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line Evangelical Protestant 2 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 180 88,336  
Total (Adjusted)**:   104,877  
The population of these 2 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 130,351; in 2000 it was 140,518. The total population changed 7.8%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (88,336) include 62.9% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (104,877) include 74.6% of the population.

Source

*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc [More information on the data collection]

**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

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.

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