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 |
% Change |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+745 |
278.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+18 |
163.6% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+267 |
156.1% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+397 |
79.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+1 |
+17,896 |
76.3% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+578 |
65.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+447 |
54.1% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+50 |
50.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+1,091 |
31.6% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+232 |
24.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+551 |
21.5% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+100 |
20.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+36 |
8.3% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+321 |
6.4% |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+2 |
1.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
-25 |
-1.1% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-53 |
-7.2% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-30 |
-9.6% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-15 |
-9.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-135 |
-13.8% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-66 |
-14.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-22 |
-15.6% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-52 |
-16.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-729 |
-16.4% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-684 |
-16.5% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-404 |
-17.8% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-135 |
-18.5% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-34 |
-21.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-873 |
-22.6% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-25.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-648 |
-29.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-415 |
-29.5% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-346 |
-31.1% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-34 |
-36.2% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-30 |
-42.9% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+17
| +17,989 |
+27.6% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 188,823; in 2000 it was 222,581. The total population changed 17.9%. The adherent totals for 1990 (66,372) represent 35.2% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (86,626) include 38.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 35 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 35 groups had 65,283 adherents in 1990 and 83,272 adherents in 2000, for a change of 27.6%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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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