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Ohio

Denominational Groups, 2000

1,132,162 1,458,104 48,991 2,231,832 230,480 6,251,571
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
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 2,236 741,753 68.7
Catholic Church Catholic 1,106 2,433,745 225.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 662 357,786 33.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 636 258,559 24.0
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 512 210,919 19.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 472 133,183 12.3
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 453 152,277 14.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 419 50,955 4.7
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 403 93,402 8.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 323 129,460 12.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 218 27,222 2.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 213 86,468 8.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 202 75,204 7.0
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 195 93,552 8.7
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 190 49,445 4.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Evangelical Protestant 182 87,051 8.1
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 165 26,837 2.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 113 20,394 1.9
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 105 21,909 2.0
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 95 13,267 1.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 87 17,059 1.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 65 22,293 2.1
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 60 19,401 1.8
Christian Union Evangelical Protestant 58 2,868 0.3
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 56 40,206 3.7
Free Methodist Church of North America Evangelical Protestant 51 9,627 0.9
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 38 4,742 0.4
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant 36 3,362 0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 35 6,369 0.6
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 35 34,879 3.2
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. Evangelical Protestant 28 4,573 0.4
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 21 1,330 0.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) Evangelical Protestant 21 3,986 0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 20 4,185 0.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 17 4,429 0.4
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches Evangelical Protestant 16 1,122 0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant 16 5,500 0.5
Baptist General Conference Evangelical Protestant 15 2,860 0.3
American Baptist Association, The Evangelical Protestant 14 788 0.1
Evangelical Congregational Church, The Evangelical Protestant 13 1,771 0.2
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 13 949 0.1
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarean) Evangelical Protestant 12 1,310 0.1
Church of God General Conference Evangelical Protestant 11 880 0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant 9 773 0.1
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant 8 2,135 0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The Evangelical Protestant 8 1,569 0.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 7 2,310 0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant 7 1,352 0.1
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant 7 2,232 0.2
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 6 485 0.0
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 5 582 0.1
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA Evangelical Protestant 4 481 0.0
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 4 1,213 0.1
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant 3 430 0.0
Evangelical Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant 3 1,501 0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 3 618 0.1
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant 3 701 0.1
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant 2 87 0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite Evangelical Protestant 2 174 0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 2 66 0.0
Separate Baptists in Christ Evangelical Protestant 2 168 0.0
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant 1 57 0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Orthodox 1 130 0.0
Evangelical Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant 1 27 0.0
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Mainline Protestant 1 158 0.0
Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant 1 19 0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church / Catholicossate of Cilicia Orthodox 1 60 0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada Evangelical Protestant 1 33 0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The Evangelical Protestant 1 40 0.0
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant 1 97 0.0
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 9,732 5,275,375  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 10,797,630. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (5,275,375) include 48.9% 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.