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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Fellowship Church | Washington, D.C. | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Unity Fellowship Church Roster " (viewed 27 Feb. 1999); "Last updated: 08/25/97 " | Counted churches from listing. "Following is a current roster of the Unity Fellowship Churches across the country: Unity Fellowship Church.. Inner Light UFC Washington D.C.)... Full Truth Unity Fellowship Church (Detroit)... " |
| unmarried couples living together | Washington, D.C. | - | 18.90% | - | - | 1990 | Witt, Lynn; S. Thomas & Eric Marcus (ed.) Out in All Directions: A Treasury of Gay and Lesbian America. New York: Warner Books (1995), pg. 365. | Table. "1990 Census... unmarried couples living together in the largest 20 cities follows. " |
| Urantia Book Readers, Fellowship of | Washington, D.C. | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site (1998) | directory: "1996-1997 International Study Group Directory for readers of The Urantia Book "; Geographic region: "District of Columbia ", not "Washington, D.C. " |
| Catholic | Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University students | 3,600 | 60.00% | - | - | 1999 | "Georgetown names 1st Muslim chaplain " in Dallas Morning News, 28 Aug. 1999; pg. 6G. | "Georgetown University, the nation's oldest Roman Catholic university... in Washington, D.C... About 60 percent of the students call themselves Catholic. " |
| Islam | Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University students | 168 | 2.80% | - | - | 1999 | "Georgetown names 1st Muslim chaplain " in Dallas Morning News, 28 Aug. 1999; pg. 6G. | "Georgetown University... in Washington, D.C., has a growing 'self-identified' Muslim student population. About 2.8 percent of its 6,000 undergraduates say they are Muslims. " |
| Community Chapel and Bible Training Center | Washington: Seattle | 2,800 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1991 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 284. | "Membership: In 1984 there were 2,800 members of the center in Seattle... " |
| homosexual | Washington: Seattle | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Witt, Lynn; S. Thomas & Eric Marcus (ed.) Out in All Directions: A Treasury of Gay and Lesbian America. New York: Warner Books (1995), pg. 339. | Table: "Gay Neighborhoods Around the Country "; "In many large cities, there are neighborhoods where gay people live, own businesses, or just hang out. Each has its own local designation "; Capitol Hill, Seattle |
| megachurches | Washington: Seattle | 9,566 | - | 3 units |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table, grouped by state, columns for city, state, "size " (avg. weekly attendance), etc. From study finding all U.S. megachurches (congreg. w/ "consistent weekly attendance of at least 2,000 persons "). |
| Native Americans | Washington: Seattle | 32,071 | - | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 22. | Table: Metropolitan statistical areas with highest Indian populations. Data from 1990 U.S. Census.; "Seattle-Tacoma, WA "; Includes Alaska natives. |
| Overlake Christian Church | Washington: Seattle | - | - | - | - | 1990 | Naisbitt, John & Patricia Aburdene. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990's. New York: William Morrow and Co. (1990), pg. 278. | "Baby boom parents in Seattle are returning to church to give their children religious educations... Overlake Christian Church records 1,000 children attending Sunday school. Membership overall is up 14 percent. " |
| Unity Church | Washington: Seattle | 25,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Naisbitt, John & Patricia Aburdene. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990's. New York: William Morrow and Co. (1990), pg. 283. | "Seattle's Unity Church... has doubled membership in four years... The Puget Sound chapters have nearly 25,000 families on their mailing list. " |
| miscellaneous regional info | Washington: Seattle | - | - | - | - | 1990 | Naisbitt, John & Patricia Aburdene. Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990's. New York: William Morrow and Co. (1990), pg. 278. | "Baby boom parents in Seattle are returning to church to give their children religious educations. Sunday school at University Presbyterian Church increased by 200 enrollments in each of the past two year. Overlake Christian Church records 1,000 children attending Sunday school. Membership overall is up 14 percent. Each year Seattle's Catholic archdiocese baptizes 1,000 more infants than a decade ago. The Jewish community reports similar increases. " |
| megachurches | Washington: Spokane | 4,500 | - | 2 units |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table, grouped by state, columns for city, state, "size " (avg. weekly attendance), etc. From study finding all U.S. megachurches (congreg. w/ "consistent weekly attendance of at least 2,000 persons "). |
| Arab | West Bank | 1,568,000 | 98.00% | - | - | 1999 | Stefoff, Rebecca. West Bank/Gaza Strip (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 9. | "West Bank: Population: 1.66 million... Ethnic Groups: Palestinian Arabs, 98 percent; Israeli Jews, 2 percent. " |
| Christianity | West Bank | 100,000 | 6.02% | - | - | 1999 | Stefoff, Rebecca. West Bank/Gaza Strip (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 80. | "Probably no more than 100,000 of the West Bank Arabs are Christian. Some are the descendants of Arabs who converted to Christianity centuries ago... They worship in Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Anglican, or Lutheran churches, most of which are located in Jerusalem. " |
| Gush Emunim | West Bank | 25,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | Marty, Martin E. & R. Scott Appleby. The Glory and the Power: The Fundamentalist Challenge to the Modern World; Boston: Beacon Press (1992), pg. 109. | "Today a Jew does not need to join the Gush in order to live in the West Bank--at least 75 percent of the 100,000 [Jewish] settlers there are not gush members... " |
| Islam | West Bank | 600,000 | 80.00% | - | - | 1978 | Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984], pg. 164-165. [Original src: Weeks, R. (ed.), "Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey " (1978).] | Table: "Approximate Muslim populations and percentages of total populations " |
| Islam | West Bank | 1,080,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; Muslim is "mostly Sunni " |
| Islam | West Bank | - | 75.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 1,495,683 (July 1997 est.) note: in addition, there are 136,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and 156,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1996 est.). Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%. |
| Islam | West Bank | - | 75.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Muslim Countries of the World " |
| Judaism | West Bank | 130,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; Excludes East Jerusalem |
| Judaism | West Bank | - | 17.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 1,495,683 (July 1997 est.) note: in addition, there are 136,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and 156,000 in East Jerusalem (August 1996 est.). Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%. |
| Judaism | West Bank | 282,200 | 17.00% | - | - | 1999 | Stefoff, Rebecca. West Bank/Gaza Strip (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 71. | "The current best estimate of the West Bank's population place it at about 1.66 million people--more than double the population figure in the mid-1980s... About 83% of the West Bank's residents are Palestinian Arabs. Most are Muslim Arabs, although a few are Arab Christians. The remaining 17% of the inhabitants are Jews who have moved into the territory as part of Israel's program to settle the West with new Israeli communities. " |
| Judaism | West Bank | 52,000 | 2.00% | - | - | 1999 | Stefoff, Rebecca. West Bank/Gaza Strip (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 9. | "West Bank: Population: 1.66 million... Ethnic Groups: Palestinian Arabs, 98 percent; Israeli Jews, 2 percent. " |
| other | West Bank | 110,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Muslim or Jewish |
| Palestinians | West Bank | 700,000 | - | - | - | 1988 | Cahill, Mary Jane. Israel (series: Places and Peoples of the World). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1988), pg. 92. | "The West Bank... More than 700,000 Palestinians live here. " |
| Palestinians | West Bank | 800,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | Ovendale, Ritchie. The Longman Companion to The Middle East since 1914. London & New York: Longman (1992), pg. 295. | "Just over 800,000 Palestinians live on the rest of the West Bank, and around 15% are refugees. " |
| Palestinians | West Bank | 1,500,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | Cahill, Mary Jane. Israel (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 98. | "The old city of Jerusalem is located on the West Bank, a strip of territory that was won from Joran during the Six-Day War. Called the West Bank because it is on the West Side of the Jordan River, the status of this slice of territory has become the most controversial issue in Israel. About 1.5 million Palestinians live here. " |
| Palestinians | West Bank | 1,377,800 | 83.00% | - | - | 1999 | Stefoff, Rebecca. West Bank/Gaza Strip (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 71. | "The current best estimate of the West Bank's population place it at about 1.66 million people--more than double the population figure in the mid-1980s... About 83% of the West Bank's residents are Palestinian Arabs. Most are Muslim Arabs, although a few are Arab Christians. " |
| Baptist | West Indies | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Statistics from Baptists Around the Worldby Albert W. Wardin | Location listed in table as "West Indies " |
| Advent Christian Church | West Virginia | 1,361 | 0.08% | 36 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,101. |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | West Virginia | 1,489 | 0.08% | 9 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,276. |
| Agnostic | West Virginia | - | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Albakourat al-Durzeyat | West Virginia | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1938 | Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck & Jane Idleman Smith. Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America; Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida (1993), pg. 34, 181. [Orig. source: Henry Flehan, "History of A.D.S., " Our Heritage 2, no. 2 (June 1982 1982): 10-13,48. | "Albakourat al-Durzeyat held its first national convention in 1914, and by the late 1930s the organization numbered ten branches. "; pg. 181: "These branches, in order of establishment, were in Cleveland; Detroit; Waterbury, Conn.; Princeton, W. Va.; Kingsport, Tenn.; Charleston, W. Va.; Houston, Tex.; Hopewell, Va.; Washington, D.C.; & Oklahoma City, Ok. To qualify to form a branch a local group needed to have at least 10 members. " |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection | West Virginia | 233 | 0.01% | 15 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 188. [Listed as 'Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection.'] |
| American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. | West Virginia | 132,325 | 7.38% | 533 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 107,359. |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church | West Virginia | 128 | 0.01% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 128. [Listed as 'American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church.'] |
| Assemblies of God | West Virginia | 14,202 | 0.79% | 105 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,049. [Listed as 'Assemblies of God.'] |
| Assemblies of God | West Virginia | - | 0.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) | West Virginia | 266 | 0.01% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 249. |
| Baptist | West Virginia | - | 29.30% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Baptist - black denominations | West Virginia | 17,586 | 0.98% | - | - | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 14,348. [Listed as 'Black Baptists Estimate.'] |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches | West Virginia | 38 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 31. [Listed as 'Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches.'] |
| Brethren Church (Ashland) | West Virginia | 258 | 0.01% | 6 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 211. [Listed as 'Brethren Church (Ashland, Ohio).'] |
| Brethren in Christ | West Virginia | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | Counted congregations from their index |
| Buddhism | West Virginia | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Calvary Chapel | West Virginia | - | - | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* official Calvary Chapel website (Jan. 2000) | directory |
| Catholic | West Virginia | 116,000 | 6.00% | - | - | 1989 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990), pg. 112-114. [Original sources: Official Catholic Directory, based on parish-level reporting, & U.S. 1989 Statistical Abstract] | Table: "Catholic Population by State "; [Greeley (author) has conduced a somewhat detailed analysis, adding some adjustments to account for statistically observed undercount, plus some other factors.] |
| Catholic | West Virginia | 108,529 | 6.05% | 177 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Catholic Church.'] |
| Catholic | West Virginia | - | 5.90% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Catholic | West Virginia | 103,678 | 5.80% | 115 units |
- | 1996 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 432-437. | Tables: "Catholic Population of the United States " and "Percentage of Catholics in Total Population in U.S. ". Figures are as of Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance | West Virginia | 1,075 | 0.06% | 10 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 723. |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | West Virginia | 13,351 | 0.74% | 66 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 8,165. [Listed as 'Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).'] |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | West Virginia | 13,822 | 0.77% | 93 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 11,272. [Listed as 'Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.'] |
| Christian Science | West Virginia | - | - | 9 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Church of Christ Scientist.'] |
| Christianity | West Virginia | - | 86.50% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990... Self-identification of religious loyalty, using representative sample of 113,000 people in phone interviews. Sum of % by state of 21 main groups Kosmin classified as Christian: Assemblies of God, Baptist, Christianity - no denomination supplied, Church of God - all denominations, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Evangelical/Born Again, Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints, Holiness/Holy, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventists |
| Christianity - affiliated | West Virginia | 740,000 | 41.30% | - | - | 1990 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997), pg. 70. [Orig. source: M. Bradley, et al. Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990. Atlanta, GA: Glenmary Research Center (1992)] | Table: "No. 87: Christian Church Adherents, 1990 "; "Christian church adherents were defined as 'all members, including full members, their children and the est. number of other regular participants who are not considered as communicant, confirmed or full members.' " |
| Christianity - independent churches - charismatic | West Virginia | 900 | 0.05% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Independent Charismatic Churches.'] |
| Christianity - independent churches - non-charismatic | West Virginia | 4,200 | 0.23% | 9 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Independent Non-Charismatic Churches.'] |
| Christianity - no denomination supplied | West Virginia | - | 3.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | West Virginia | 7,035 | 0.39% | 91 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,737. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | West Virginia | 19,814 | 1.10% | 196 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 15,989. |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) Denver, Col. | West Virginia | 55 | 0.00% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 49. |
| Church of God - all denominations | West Virginia | - | 1.80% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Church of God of Prophecy | West Virginia | 1,255 | 0.07% | 35 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,021. |
| Church of God With Signs Following (Snake Handlers) | West Virginia | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Burton, Thomas. Serpent-Handing Believers. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press (1993), pg. 165. | "Mary Lee Daugherty reportedly estimated in 1983 'about 1,000 members of serpent-handing sects in West Virginia alone (Watterlond 51). " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | West Virginia | 8,095 | 0.45% | 31 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | West Virginia | - | 0.57% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Based on self-identification, using 113,000-person sample, phone interviews conducted by City U. of New York. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | West Virginia | 11,000 | 0.60% | 35 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | West Virginia | 12,000 | 0.70% | 35 units |
- | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 170-266. | Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997. |
| Church of the Brethren | West Virginia | 9,383 | 0.52% | 88 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,598. [Listed as 'Church of The Brethren.'] |
| Church of the Nazarene | West Virginia | 25,811 | 1.44% | 124 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 14,115. |
| Church of the Nazarene | West Virginia | - | 1.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Churches of Christ | West Virginia | 25,134 | 1.40% | 290 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 19,509. [Listed as 'Churches of Christ.'] |
| Churches of Christ | West Virginia | - | 1.60% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993), pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
