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Religious Affiliation by Religious Body
Orange County
|
Religious Body |
1990 |
2000 |
|
Congregations |
Adherents |
Congregations |
Adherents |
| All Religious Bodies |
859 |
968,040 |
1,085 |
1,274,591 |
| Catholic |
60 |
503,628 |
61 |
779,647 |
| Orthodox |
4 |
--- |
13 |
6,989 |
| Protestant Evangelical |
407 |
194,130 |
540 |
226,552 |
| Protestant Mainline |
224 |
125,094 |
217 |
110,188 |
| Other (see following table) |
164 |
145,188 |
254 |
151,215 |
Affiliation of Non-Catholic/Non-Protestant Religious Bodies
Orange County
|
Religious Body |
1990 |
2000 |
|
Congregations |
Adherents |
Congregations |
Adherents |
| Baha'i |
--- |
--- |
27 |
2,137 |
| Buddhism |
--- |
--- |
40 |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist
|
20 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints |
115 |
49,608 |
115 |
48,776 |
| Hindu |
--- |
--- |
13 |
--- |
| Jain |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses Estimate* |
--- |
9,600 |
--- |
10,780* |
| Jewish Estimate |
22 |
95,000 |
28 |
60,000 |
| Muslim Estimate |
--- |
--- |
16 |
39,583 |
| Sikh |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
| Unitarian Universalist |
7 |
580 |
7 |
719 |
| Zoroastrian |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
*Estimates by the Almanac.
Source of data above: Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies
(Glenmary Research Center) and Almanac
research.
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