American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.

• Introduction
• Distribution
• Over Time
• Related Surveys
• Data Sources

American Baptist Churches In theUSA--Rates of Adherence Per 1000 Population (2000)

Values: N   10.71 to 59.77 10   7.08 to 10.52 10   3.74 to 6.99 10   0.93 to 3.44 10   0.06 to 0.8 10

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2000: Top Five States by Adherence Rate

	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate (per 1,000)
District Of Columbia	62	51,836	90.61
West Virginia	463	108,087	59.77
Kansas	224	64,312	23.92
Maine	164	26,259	20.60
Rhode Island	73	20,997	20.03

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2000: Top Five Counties by Adherence Rate

	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate (per 1,000)
Arthur County, Nebraska	1	321	722.97
Greeley County, Kansas	1	319	207.95
Chautauqua County, Kansas	2	794	182.15
Nicholas County, West Virginia	18	4,782	180.03
Scott County, Illinois	3	992	179.16

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.