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State Membership Report
South Dakota
Denominational Groups, 2000
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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 |
Adherence Rate† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
252 |
181,434 |
240.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
259 |
121,871 |
161.5 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
164 |
37,280 |
49.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
116 |
31,524 |
41.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
91 |
15,987 |
21.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
85 |
12,763 |
16.9 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
85 |
11,191 |
14.8 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
57 |
9,762 |
12.9 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
31 |
7,865 |
10.4 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
26 |
7,516 |
10.0 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
51 |
7,438 |
9.9 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
47 |
6,608 |
8.8 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
35 |
6,417 |
8.5 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
31 |
5,998 |
8.0 |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
54 |
5,400 |
7.2 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
23 |
4,306 |
5.7 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
14 |
4,297 |
5.7 |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
3,634 |
4.8 |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
2,804 |
3.7 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
19 |
2,535 |
3.4 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
10 |
2,163 |
2.9 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
2,098 |
2.8 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
16 |
2,049 |
2.7 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
15 |
1,980 |
2.6 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
1,518 |
2.0 |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
9 |
1,363 |
1.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
24 |
1,328 |
1.8 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
1,244 |
1.7 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
8 |
1,217 |
1.6 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
12 |
1,093 |
1.5 |
| Bahá'í |
Other Theology |
9 |
1,032 |
1.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
17 |
1,008 |
1.3 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
895 |
1.2 |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
706 |
0.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
708 |
0.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
11 |
699 |
0.9 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
7 |
605 |
0.8 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
362 |
0.5 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
3 |
350 |
0.5 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
350 |
0.5 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
350 |
0.5 |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Baptist Associations/Fellowships |
Evangelical Protestant |
5 |
337 |
0.5 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
268 |
0.4 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
1 |
222 |
0.3 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
191 |
0.3 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
163 |
0.2 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
4 |
138 |
0.2 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
3 |
112 |
0.2 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
101 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
94 |
0.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
90 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
3 |
74 |
0.1 |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
2 |
74 |
0.1 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
65 |
0.1 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other Theology |
1 |
50 |
0.1 |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
50 |
0.1 |
| Community of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
39 |
0.1 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
1 |
33 |
0.0 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals (Unadjusted)*:
| 1,712 |
511,886 |
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Total (Adjusted)**:
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567,472 |
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The population of these 66 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 696,004; in 2000 it was 754,844. The total population changed 8.5%. The unadjusted adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (511,886) include 67.8% of the total population in 2000. The adjusted total adherents (567,472) include 75.2% 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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