Wyoming
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 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+15 |
+1,336 |
2.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+11 |
-1,573 |
-8.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
-1,668 |
-12.7% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+566 |
114.1% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+296 |
35.4% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-2,149 |
-24.6% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
+105 |
136.4% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-283 |
-15.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+104 |
115.6% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
+950 |
10.5% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+191 |
137.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-4 |
-1.1% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+241 |
25.8% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-22 |
-23.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+333 |
17.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-761 |
-30.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+47 |
2.2% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
0 |
+100 |
30.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-115 |
-1.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-180 |
-15.1% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+656 |
601.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-3,395 |
-48.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
-1 |
+20,856 |
35.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+613 |
42.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+576 |
60.0% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-517 |
-22.6% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-1,226 |
-12.4% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-86 |
n.a. |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-706 |
-24.8% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+21 |
7.9% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-4 |
-1,819 |
-36.0% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-6 |
-145 |
-2.8% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-6 |
-24 |
-38.7% |
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Totals:
+18
| +12,318 |
+5.7% |
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The population of these 23 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 453,588; in 2000 it was 493,782. The total population changed 8.9%. The adherent totals for 1990 (216,375) represent 47.7% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (230,725) include 46.7% of the 2000 population. There is sufficient data for 34 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 34 groups had 214,359 adherents in 1990 and 226,677 adherents in 2000, for a change of 5.7%
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 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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