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Maine

Denominational Groups, 2000

42,391 115,103 2,832 283,024 20,191 811,382
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 237 275,876 245.3
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 28 2,783 2.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 1 254 0.2
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 1 20 0.0
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 36 4,266 3.8
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 232 0.2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 36 0.0
Christ Catholic Church Evangelical Protestant 1 37 0.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 10 1,030 0.9
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 6 235 0.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 66 0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 21 959 0.9
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 54 9,501 8.5
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 23 998 0.9
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 34 7,534 6.7
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 2 223 0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 3 260 0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 2 191 0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 2 201 0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 4 252 0.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 2 369 0.3
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 4 390 0.4
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 10 2,469 2.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 26 2,765 2.5
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 4 779 0.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 198 37,804 33.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 155 0.1
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 70 22,174 19.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 7 1,704 1.5
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 14 731 0.7
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 21 3,965 3.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 8 614 0.6
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 178 33,078 29.4
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 202 37,824 33.6
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant n.a. 30 0.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 18 4,449 4.0
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 2 556 0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 35 5,084 4.5
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 1,270 459,894  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 1,124,660. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (459,894) include 40.9% 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.