- Introduction
- Distribution
- Over Time
- Data Sources
2000: Top Five States by Adherence Rate
| Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 80 | 8,202 | 4.54 |
| Virginia | 175 | 31,421 | 4.44 |
| Pennsylvania | 236 | 52,684 | 4.29 |
| Indiana | 99 | 15,204 | 2.50 |
| Maryland | 61 | 11,031 | 2.08 |
2000: Top Five Counties by Adherence Rate
| Congregations | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd County, Virginia | 11 | 1,829 | 131.83 |
| Hardy County, West Virginia | 10 | 1,636 | 129.13 |
| Gove County, Kansas | 1 | 308 | 100.39 |
| Pendleton County, West Virginia | 11 | 706 | 86.14 |
| Rockingham County, Virginia | 24 | 5,825 | 86.01 |
Notes
Data are from Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 and Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc.
