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Delaware

Denominational Groups, 2000

40,408 101,090 3,080 151,740 21,804 465,478
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 45 103,060 173.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 170 60,489 101.8
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 38 18,696 31.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 38 16,957 28.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 11 7,822 13.2
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 9 4,279 7.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 10 3,524 5.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 7 1,998 3.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 10 1,885 3.2
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 7 1,829 3.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 12 1,697 2.9
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 12 1,522 2.6
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 3 1,439 2.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 11 1,403 2.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 3 1,362 2.3
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 9 1,155 1.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 2 1,105 1.9
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 2 959 1.6
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 6 958 1.6
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 8 921 1.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 7 876 1.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 4 699 1.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 6 647 1.1
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 2 633 1.1
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 610 1.0
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 2 342 0.6
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 308 0.5
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 248 0.4
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 243 0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 241 0.4
Bible Church of Christ, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 1 240 0.4
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 2 115 0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 86 0.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 1 64 0.1
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 2 50 0.1
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant 1 30 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 450 238,492  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 594,338. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (238,492) include 40.1% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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.