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Denominational Groups, 2000

14,953 4,140   16,223 4,468 99,365
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
Catholic Church Catholic 2 12,448 101.5
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 12 5,007 40.8
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 11 4,245 34.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 8 3,383 27.6
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 5 1,789 14.6
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 1,416 11.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 2 1,061 8.7
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 995 8.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 987 8.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 4 960 7.8
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 786 6.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 700 5.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 690 5.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 3 622 5.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 2 325 2.7
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 3 309 2.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 1 300 2.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 3 258 2.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 2 231 1.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 224 1.8
American Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 126 1.0
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 122 1.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 110 0.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 1 100 0.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 66 0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant 1 60 0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 58 0.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 1 49 0.4
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 42 0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 18 0.2
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 11 0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 2 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 94 37,583  
The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 122,643. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (37,583) include 30.6% 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.