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Louisiana

Denominational Groups, 2000

962,475 231,710 2,369 1,382,603 47,871 1,841,948
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
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 1,316 652,246 155.1
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 590 169,328 40.3
Catholic Church Catholic 589 1,304,084 310.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 224 22,752 5.4
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 185 29,913 7.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 131 31,989 7.6
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 95 38,533 9.2
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 83 14,950 3.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 64 5,724 1.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 61 9,612 2.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 58 20,429 4.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 57 5,729 1.4
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 49 10,842 2.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 43 7,699 1.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 42 11,247 2.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 27 3,068 0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 24 5,640 1.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 20 10,369 2.5
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 18 3,545 0.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 17 5,617 1.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 16 8,769 2.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 13 1,594 0.4
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 13 1,554 0.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 8 2,400 0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 7 885 0.2
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant 4 628 0.2
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 3 120 0.0
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 249 0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 3 277 0.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 3 1,125 0.3
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 2 275 0.1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 277 0.1
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 2 146 0.0
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 2 47 0.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 2 154 0.0
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 1 85 0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 1 120 0.0
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 119 0.0
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 1 37 0.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 1 73 0.0
Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The Evangelical Protestant 1 2 0.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 3,782 2,382,252  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 4,205,900. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,382,252) include 56.6% 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.