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Yuma, AZ MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

12,994 3,230   37,744 3,838 102,220
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 6 17,950 167.9
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 8 6,309 59.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 9 3,093 28.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 11 2,022 18.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 1,854 17.3
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 5 1,170 11.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 948 8.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 5 810 7.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 1 805 7.5
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 6 708 6.6
Black Baptists Estimate Evangelical Protestant n.a. 690 6.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 604 5.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 546 5.1
Independent, Charismatic Churches Evangelical Protestant 1 500 4.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 1 339 3.2
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 196 1.8
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 1 145 1.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 143 1.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 1 129 1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 2 100 0.9
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 0 100 0.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 1 78 0.7
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1 77 0.7
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant 1 44 0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 28 0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 21 0.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 1 18 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 1 0 0.0
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Theology 1 n.a. n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 4 n.a. n.a.
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 84 39,427  
The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 106,895. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (39,427) include 36.9% 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.