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Denominational Groups, 2000

560,678	1,288,959	119,895	7,550,491	1,939,813	7,516,621
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	1,784	7,550,491	397.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	1,404	403,362	21.3
Jewish Estimate	Other Theology	995	1,653,870	87.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	717	162,227	8.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	693	201,797	10.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	541	203,297	10.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	506	98,209	5.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	427	169,329	8.9
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	291	58,949	3.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	249	68,261	3.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	249	66,998	3.5
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	219	24,364	1.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	195	81,705	4.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	162	23,248	1.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	161	24,142	1.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other Theology	160	44,987	2.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	158	17,433	0.9
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	145	16,300	0.9
Muslim Estimate	Other Theology	144	223,968	11.8
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	124	41,898	2.2
Buddhism	Other Theology	121	n.a.	n.a.
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	109	13,971	0.7
Salvation Army, The	Evangelical Protestant	97	24,065	1.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	96	9,749	0.5
Hindu	Other Theology	83	n.a.	n.a.
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	82	9,482	0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	64	61,407	3.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	64	6,607	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other Theology	62	12,489	0.7
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	57	3,502	0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	45	7,040	0.4
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	44	4,062	0.2
Old Order Amish Church	Evangelical Protestant	41	2,752	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	38	2,768	0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	35	2,772	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	33	4,034	0.2
Bahá'í	Other Theology	32	4,499	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses	Orthodox	31	5,471	0.3
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	27	3,215	0.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	26	4,651	0.3
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	23	n.a.	n.a.
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, American Diocese of the	Orthodox	22	5,350	0.3
Sikh	Other Theology	21	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	20	29,250	1.5
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	19	4,884	0.3
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	19	n.a.	n.a.
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	19	14,250	0.8
Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	17	3,607	0.2
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	17	n.a.	n.a.
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	15	3,710	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	15	2,875	0.2
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	15	1,072	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	13	1,803	0.1
Jain	Other Theology	12	n.a.	n.a.
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	12	4,880	0.3
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	11	3,435	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	11	4,552	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	11	2,770	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	11	1,009	0.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	10	1,618	0.1
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	Orthodox	10	11,362	0.6
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	8	1,320	0.1
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	Orthodox	8	3,112	0.2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	7	466	0.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	7	867	0.1
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	7	1,512	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	6	308	0.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	6	534	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	6	8,260	0.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	6	495	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	5	1,450	0.1
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	5	660	0.0
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	5	819	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	5	311	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia	Orthodox	5	2,660	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	5	519	0.0
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	4	n.a.	n.a.
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	4	8,287	0.4
Tao	Other Theology	4	n.a.	n.a.
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	4	1,080	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	4	n.a.	n.a.
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	4	98	0.0
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	3	538	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	3	2,800	0.2
Zoroastrian	Other Theology	3	n.a.	n.a.
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	3	168	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches	Evangelical Protestant	3	159	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	2	25	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	63	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	2	600	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	2	39	0.0
Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA	Orthodox	2	760	0.0
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	2	350	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	2	383	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	2	4,800	0.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	586	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	2	150	0.0
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	2	122	0.0
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	2	168	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	2	71	0.0
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of	Evangelical Protestant	1	24	0.0
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	1	760	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	1	n.a.	n.a.
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	1	125	0.0
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	1	170	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	1	52	0.0
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships	Evangelical Protestant	1	314	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	1	25	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The	Evangelical Protestant	1	28	0.0
	*Totals (Unadjusted)^:**	10,999	11,459,836
	Total (Adjusted)^:**		14,366,781

The population of these 62 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 17,990,455; in 2000 it was 18,976,457. The total population changed 5.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (11,459,836) include 60.4% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (14,366,781) include 75.7% 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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