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State Membership Report
New York
Denominational Groups, 2000
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| 560,678 |
1,288,959 |
119,895 |
7,550,491 |
1,939,813 |
7,516,621 |
| Evangelical Protestant |
Mainline Protestant |
Orthodox |
Catholic |
Other |
Unclaimed |
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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 |
% Change |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+684 |
+1,480,491 |
854.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+200 |
+39,942 |
68.0% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+124 |
+41,898 |
n.a. |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+122 |
+9,056 |
59.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+86 |
+25,529 |
131.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+76 |
+30,669 |
84.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+69 |
+2,632 |
18.0% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+64 |
+61,407 |
n.a. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+53 |
+10,369 |
75.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+49 |
+16,762 |
258.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+44 |
+4,062 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+31 |
+5,471 |
n.a. |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+30 |
+3,911 |
145.0% |
| Old Order Amish Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+29 |
+871 |
46.0% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+28 |
-599 |
-4.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+23 |
-1,373 |
-5.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+21 |
+4,235 |
1018.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+2,350 |
32.0% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+20 |
+29,250 |
n.a. |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+19 |
+14,250 |
n.a. |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+15 |
+1,106 |
52.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+14 |
+1,628 |
68.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+12 |
+2,400 |
199.0% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
+11 |
+3,029 |
163.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+804 |
300.0% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church |
Orthodox |
+8 |
+3,112 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+7 |
+867 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+376 |
59.0% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+466 |
1607.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+519 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+5 |
-1,040 |
-37.0% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+819 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
+4 |
+1,080 |
n.a. |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-62 |
-39.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+281 |
111.0% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+100 |
47.0% |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+168 |
n.a. |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+136 |
591.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+1,304 |
54.0% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+25 |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+586 |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
+2 |
+600 |
n.a. |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+271 |
242.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+28 |
n.a. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-4,698 |
-63.0% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-444 |
-11.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+125 |
n.a. |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+760 |
n.a. |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-691 |
-85.0% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-200 |
-76.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+168 |
45.0% |
| Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
0 |
-702 |
-67.0% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+84 |
100.0% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia |
Orthodox |
0 |
+953 |
56.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-12 |
-1.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-8,128 |
-46.0% |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-9 |
-6.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+238 |
9.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-3 |
-98 |
-1.0% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-3 |
-1,846 |
-34.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-21,807 |
-24.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-11 |
-20,394 |
-20.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-20 |
-26,475 |
-31.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-21 |
-13,255 |
-6.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-22 |
-7,019 |
-50.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-28 |
-45,697 |
-21.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-42 |
-105,684 |
-34.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-50 |
+1,292,705 |
21.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-51 |
-86,852 |
-35.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-115 |
-104,667 |
-21.0% |
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Totals:
1,546
| 2,646,141 |
+31.1% |
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The population of these 62 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 17,558,072; in 2000 it was 18,976,457. The total population changed 5.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (8,694,064) represent 49.5% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (11,459,836) include 60.4% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 70 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 70 groups had 8,505,823 adherents in 1980 and 11,151,964 adherents in 2000, for a change of 31.1%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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