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 |
% Change |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,133 |
1349.0% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+6 |
+1,514 |
325.0% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+1,145 |
307.0% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+118 |
162.0% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,506 |
146.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+3,408 |
132.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+135 |
63.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+18 |
+2,295 |
53.0% |
| Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+467 |
52.0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+308 |
52.0% |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+24 |
48.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+848 |
43.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+396 |
42.0% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+575 |
39.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
+1,852 |
33.0% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-16 |
+43,047 |
31.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+157 |
29.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
+23 |
26.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+179 |
20.0% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
-3 |
+481 |
15.0% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+468 |
12.0% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+778 |
12.0% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+413 |
11.0% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+16 |
5.0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
-17 |
+5,056 |
4.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-29 |
-4.0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-762 |
-7.0% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
-2,249 |
-7.0% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-283 |
-12.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-37 |
-1,898 |
-14.0% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
-14 |
-8,891 |
-19.0% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-4,763 |
-23.0% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-5 |
-2,701 |
-30.0% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-5,402 |
-30.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-518 |
-34.0% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-71 |
-43.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-505 |
-46.0% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-120 |
-71.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-334 |
-77.0% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+90 |
n.a. |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+33 |
n.a. |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
+54 |
+5,400 |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
0 |
n.a. |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+268 |
n.a. |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+65 |
n.a. |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
+1,244 |
n.a. |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+31 |
+7,865 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
+1 |
+222 |
n.a. |
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Totals:
59
| +53,003 |
+11.7% |
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The population of these 66 counties (or equivalents) in 1980 was 690,768; in 2000 it was 754,844. The total population changed 8.5%. The adherent totals for 1980 (456,522) represent 66.1% of the 1980 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (511,886) include 67.8% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 48 groups to calculate 1980-2000 change. These 48 groups had 453,444 adherents in 1980 and 506,447 adherents in 2000, for a change of 11.7%
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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