Florida

Denominational Groups, 2000

2,245,241	943,157	42,198	2,596,148	749,461	9,406,173
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	527	2,596,148	162.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	2,054	1,292,097	80.9
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	263	628,485	39.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	844	458,623	28.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	645	189,387	11.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	362	157,751	9.9
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	339	152,526	9.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	567	101,188	6.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	215	90,594	5.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	201	75,620	4.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	292	72,619	4.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	509	72,540	4.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	167	71,970	4.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	192	58,690	3.7
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	60	57,243	3.6
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	244	44,208	2.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	135	43,745	2.7
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	103	39,326	2.5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	46	34,325	2.2
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	37	31,661	2.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	161	27,907	1.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	33	24,798	1.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	81	22,545	1.4
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	174	21,780	1.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	123	19,012	1.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	144	16,989	1.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	114	14,107	0.9
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	49	11,248	0.7
Bahá'í	Other Theology	67	7,735	0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	74	7,462	0.5
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	47	7,476	0.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	45	7,174	0.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	132	6,472	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	29	6,180	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	43	5,960	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	37	5,599	0.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	20	5,459	0.3
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	13	5,255	0.3
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	5,303	0.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	26	4,908	0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	30	4,947	0.3
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	49	4,302	0.3
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	22	3,839	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	38	3,688	0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	28	3,540	0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	6	3,350	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	26	3,394	0.2
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	25	3,302	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	13	3,074	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	19	2,932	0.2
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	16	2,811	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	34	2,738	0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	11	2,745	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	17	2,561	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	4	2,460	0.2
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	26	2,458	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	8	2,229	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	16	2,148	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	4	2,150	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	26	1,453	0.1
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	12	1,201	0.1
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	5	1,096	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	8	1,140	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	24	1,138	0.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	3	822	0.1
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	9	835	0.1
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	1	600	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	670	0.0
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	3	621	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	503	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	2	490	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	4	525	0.0
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	10	556	0.0
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	2	500	0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	3	432	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	2	502	0.0
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	4	244	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	3	315	0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	3	269	0.0
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	7	255	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	1	237	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	120	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	2	196	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	3	178	0.0
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	1	143	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	3	114	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	2	77	0.0
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	1	24	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	24	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	1	0	0.0
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	2	30	0.0
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	72	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	1	15	0.0
Buddhism	Other Theology	43	n.a.	n.a.
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	3	n.a.	n.a.
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	2	n.a.	n.a.
Sikh	Other Theology	9	n.a.	n.a.
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	36	n.a.	n.a.
Tao	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	52	n.a.	n.a.
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	1	n.a.	n.a.
Jain	Other Theology	10	n.a.	n.a.
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	11	n.a.	n.a.
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	11	n.a.	n.a.
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Primitive Baptist Churches--Old Line	Evangelical Protestant	74	n.a.	n.a.
Hindu	Other Theology	42	n.a.	n.a.
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	10,078	6,576,205
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		8,116,731

The population of these 67 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 12,937,926; in 2000 it was 15,982,378. The total population changed 23.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (6,576,205) include 41.1% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (8,116,731) include 50.8% of the population.

Source

^*The “Unadjusted Totals” come from the 1990 and 2000 data collected by representatives of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). While quite comprehensive, this data excludes most of the historically African-American denominations and some other major groups. As a result, these numbers will be an underestimate of the total adherence rate, particularly in areas with a large African-American population. The 2000 data included 149 religious groups and the final results are published in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, All rights reserved. The 1990 data included 132 groups and the final results are published in Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 Copyright © 1990, All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org [More information on the data collection]

^**The “Adjusted Totals” include all adherents in the denominations counted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and estimates adherent totals for the historically African-American denominations and other religious groups not listed in the ASARB totals. An article by Roger Finke and Christopher P. Scheitle (2005) reviews how these estimates were computed.

^†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.

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