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Leading Religious Bodies by Adherents
Orange County, 2000
|
Religious Body |
Affiliation |
Congregations |
Adherents |
|
2000 |
1990 |
2000 |
1990 |
| All Reporting Bodies |
--- |
1,085 |
859 |
1,274,591 |
968,040 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic Church |
61 |
60 |
779,647 |
503,628 |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other |
28 |
22 |
60,000 |
95,000 |
| Assemblies of God |
Protestant Evangelical |
71 |
53 |
21,198 |
15,426 |
| Christian Churches & Churches of
Christ |
Protestant Evangelical |
22 |
16 |
14,973 |
13,807 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints |
Other |
115 |
115 |
48,776 |
49,608 |
| Episcopal Church |
Protestant Mainline |
22 |
22 |
12,652 |
13,078 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America |
Protestant Mainline |
37 |
38 |
22,140 |
23,091 |
| Independent, Charismatic
Churches |
Protestant Evangelical |
13 |
15 |
43,100 |
33,950 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic
Churches |
Protestant Evangelical |
12 |
20 |
22,490 |
26,555 |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod |
Protestant Evangelical |
30 |
30 |
19,073 |
19,374 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
16 |
NA |
39,583 |
NA |
| Presbyterian Church (USA) |
Protestant Mainline |
38 |
36 |
25,740 |
26,573 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Protestant Mainline |
5 |
7 |
14,911 |
16,850 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Protestant Evangelical |
77 |
46 |
32,652 |
26,956 |
| United Methodist Church |
Protestant Mainline |
43 |
45 |
15,757 |
22,240 |
| 2000 Census
Population (OC) |
2,846,289 |
| Percent of
Population Claimed by Reporting Groups (OC) |
44.8% |
| Percent of
Population Claimed by Reporting Groups (National Average) |
50.2% |
* Estimates by the Almanac.
Source: Assn. of Statisticians of American
Religious Books, Glenmary Institute and
Adherents.com
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