Yakima, WA MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
3,452 |
18.3 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
16 |
23,443 |
124.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
14 |
5,035 |
26.7 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
13 |
4,146 |
22.0 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
2,564 |
13.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
11 |
3,859 |
20.4 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
9 |
4,452 |
23.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
2,349 |
12.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
1,408 |
7.5 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
498 |
2.6 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
739 |
3.9 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
6 |
2,273 |
12.0 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
461 |
2.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
889 |
4.7 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
827 |
4.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
1,114 |
5.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
5 |
980 |
5.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
2,208 |
11.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
171 |
0.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
311 |
1.7 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
162 |
0.9 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
430 |
2.3 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
943 |
5.0 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
141 |
0.8 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
731 |
3.9 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
70 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
433 |
2.3 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
94 |
0.5 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
268 |
1.4 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
47 |
0.3 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
126 |
0.7 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
41 |
0.2 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
11 |
0.1 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
500 |
2.7 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
325 |
1.7 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
1 |
153 |
0.8 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
73 |
0.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
100 |
0.5 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
544 |
2.9 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 211 |
66,372 |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 188,823. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (66,372) include 35.2% 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.
