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State Membership Report
Iowa
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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
887 |
272,098 |
98.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
564 |
520,322 |
187.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
519 |
265,423 |
95.6 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
311 |
85,186 |
30.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
293 |
124,021 |
44.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
209 |
59,450 |
21.4 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
167 |
50,771 |
18.3 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
131 |
21,650 |
7.8 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
124 |
32,175 |
11.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
123 |
24,137 |
8.7 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
74 |
33,337 |
12.0 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
73 |
4,006 |
1.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
72 |
12,934 |
4.7 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
67 |
14,198 |
5.1 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
62 |
21,129 |
7.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
60 |
13,960 |
5.0 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
55 |
5,426 |
2.0 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
51 |
8,056 |
2.9 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
51 |
6,235 |
2.3 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
47 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
37 |
10,383 |
3.7 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
37 |
2,968 |
1.1 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
34 |
6,005 |
2.2 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
33 |
5,304 |
1.9 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
31 |
3,599 |
1.3 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
3,871 |
1.4 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
28 |
3,262 |
1.2 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
25 |
5,615 |
2.0 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other Theology |
24 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
3,450 |
1.2 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
2,794 |
1.0 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
21 |
1,073 |
0.4 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
20 |
6,701 |
2.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
1,795 |
0.7 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
1,335 |
0.5 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
2,782 |
1.0 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
7,525 |
2.7 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
12 |
2,473 |
0.9 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
328 |
0.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
11 |
2,157 |
0.8 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,596 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
670 |
0.2 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
658 |
0.2 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,810 |
0.7 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
8 |
530 |
0.2 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,443 |
0.5 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
376 |
0.1 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
483 |
0.2 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
478 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
6 |
768 |
0.3 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
82 |
0.0 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
102 |
0.0 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
5,520 |
2.0 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
559 |
0.2 |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
113 |
0.0 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
68 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
547 |
0.2 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
24 |
0.0 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
243 |
0.1 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
1,525 |
0.6 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
269 |
0.1 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
223 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
73 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
196 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
124 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
209 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
102 |
0.0 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
75 |
0.0 |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
64 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
n.a. |
14,188 |
5.1 |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 4,560 |
1,681,062 |
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The population of these counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 2,776,755. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,681,062) include 60.5% 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.
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