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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Alaska | 826 | 0.15% | 11 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': 674. |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Alaska | 1,933 | 0.35% | 14 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': 1,438. |
| Church of God of Prophecy | Alaska | 159 | 0.03% | 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': 116. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Alaska | 15,751 | 2.86% | 58 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 | Alaska | 24,000 | 3.90% | 69 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 | Alaska | 25,000 | 3.90% | 66 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 Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - seminary buildings | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | "LDS Scene " in Ensign, Sept. 1999, pg. 77. | In the United States, Alaska's first seminary building was recently dedicated near a high school in Chugiak, a suburb of Anchorage. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Howlet, Sandi. "A Warmth of Spirit in Anchorage, Alaska " in Ensign (Dec. 1999), pg. 69. | "The new smaller temple in Anchorage, dedicated on 9 January 1999, has been a blessing for active as well as less-active members... 'we now have 26% more members with temple recommends than last year' " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Kim Siever's Temple Site "; web page: "United States - West Coast " (viewed 21 April 1999). | Table with columns: Name [of temple], Year: Operating temples: "Laie Hawaii 1919; Los Angeles CA 1956; Oakland CA 1964; Seattle WA 1980; Portland OR 1989; San Diego CA 1993; Anchorage Alaska 1999 " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "LDSWorld "; web page: "Gems Temple Status Page " (viewed 17 July 1999); compiled by Dave Kenison. Updated regularly. | Original sources: Deseret News Church Almanac, & announcements thru Church News & other media.; Table: "LOCATIONS & DEDICATIONS OF TEMPLES " (incl. dedication dates) |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - temples - small | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | Gaunt, LaRene Porter. "Taking Temples to the People " in Ensign (March 2000), pg. 15. | Table: "Smaller Temples (as of 31 Dec. 1999) "; Anchorage |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession | Alaska | 47 | 0.01% | 1 unit |
- | 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. More exclusive 'members' column: 30. [Listed as 'Church of The Lutheran Confession.'] |
| Church of the Nazarene | Alaska | 3,935 | 0.72% | 24 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': 1,849. |
| Churches of Christ | Alaska | 2,226 | 0.40% | 28 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': 1,654. [Listed as 'Churches of Christ.'] |
| Congregational Christian Churches, National Association of | Alaska | 598 | 0.11% | 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': 448. [Listed as 'Congregational Christian Churches, National Assoc Of.'] |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America | Alaska | - | - | 5 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 'Conservative Baptist Association of America.'] |
| Conversations With God | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* "Conversations With God by Neale Walsch " official web site; web page: "Study Groups in the United States, A-C " | counted from directory |
| Episcopal Church | Alaska | 7,540 | 1.37% | 43 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': 4,244. |
| Evangelical Free Church | Alaska | 110 | 0.02% | 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': 60. [Listed as 'Evangelical Free Church of America.'] |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Alaska | 9,690 | 1.76% | 28 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': 6,275. [Listed as 'Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.'] |
| Free Methodist Church of North America | Alaska | 219 | 0.04% | 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': 76. [Listed as 'Free Methodist Church of North America.'] |
| Grace Brethren | Alaska | - | - | 7 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (viewed circa Sept. 1998) | directory of churches [Grace Brethren -- historical branch of Schwarzenau Brethren] |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America.'] |
| IFCA International | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed in table as 'Independent Fundamental Churches of America.'] |
| IFCA International | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site. Viewed circa Sept. 1998. | Counted listings on directory |
| Independent Restoration Branches | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Algonac Restoration Branch " | "Directory of Restoration Branches: This is a list of the Restoration Branches that we know about... last updated 10/3/97 " |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Alaska | 116 | 0.02% | 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': 88. [Listed as 'International Church of The Foursquare Gospel.'] |
| Inuit | Alaska | 12,500 | - | - | - | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 6). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 832. | "...the Eskimo... At the present time they number some 50,000, of whom approximately half are to be found in Greenland and the rest fairly evenly divided between Canada and Alaska. " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alaska | 1,574 | 0.36% | 24 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984), pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alaska | 2,179 | 0.34% | 28 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 4,756. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alaska | 2,246 | 0.35% | 28 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Alaska | 4,033 | - | 24 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984), pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Alaska | 4,756 | 0.75% | 28 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Alaska | 4,770 | 0.75% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting. |
| Judaism | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Jewish Estimate.'] |
| Judaism | Alaska | 3,000 | 0.50% | - | - | 1995 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997), pg. 70. [Orig. source: American Jewish Year Book. New York, NY: American Jewish Committee (1995)] | Table: "No. 87: Christian Church Adherents, 1990, and Jewish Population, 1995 - States "; "The Jewish population includes Jews who define themselves as Jewish by religion as well as those who define themselves as Jewish in cultural terms. Data... based primarily on a compilation of individual estimates made by local Jewish federations. " |
| Lutheran | Alaska | 14,153 | 2.57% | 46 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. This "Lutheran " figure is an aggregate from organizational adherent statistics from the 12 major American Lutheran religious bodies. |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Alaska | 3,404 | 0.62% | 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': 2,163. [Listed as 'Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.'] |
| Mennonite Church | Alaska | 2 | 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': 02. [Listed as 'Mennonite Church.'] |
| Moravian Church in America, Alaskan Province | Alaska | 5,338 | 0.97% | 22 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. More exclusive 'members' column: 2,698. [Listed as 'Moravian Church in America Alaska Province.'] |
| Native Americans | Alaska | 85,698 | 15.60% | - | - | 1990 | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 18-19. | Table: "Indian population in each of the 50 states... "; From 1990 U.S. Census: figures include "Indian & Alaska Native Population [both Aleut and Eskimo]. |
| Neo-Paganism | Alaska | 200 | - | - | - | 1992 | Berger, Helen A. A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press (1999), pg. 9-10. | Table: "Distribution of Neo-Pagans Participating in Neo-Pagan Census in U.S. "; Cols: State; Number [of Census participants]; % [of particpants]; Pg. xvi: "[Received] more than 2,000 responses... survey was distributed through Wiccan & Neo-Pagan organizations..., published in journals,.. Internet [&] at festivals. [unable] to guarantee that the survey was randomly distributed. "; Pg. 10: "...actual % by state are at best an approximation. "; Raw number presented here based on state % from this table, as a portion of estimated 200,000 [1992] U.S. total (pg. 9).; Alaska %: 0.1 |
| Old Believers | Alaska | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 385. | "A very small group of Russian Americans belong to the Old Believers sect of the Russian Orthodox Church, following the teachings of the Church prior to changed that were made in 1654. These Old Believers live in intentionally isolated communities in Alaska and Oregon, speak only Russian, wear 17th century clothing and keep themselves separte from the rest of society. " |
| Orthodox Church in America | Alaska | - | - | 86 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Orthodox Church in America.'] |
| Pentecostal Church of God | Alaska | 539 | 0.10% | 7 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': 239. [Listed as 'Pentecostal Church of God.'] |
| Pentecostal Holiness Church | Alaska | 366 | 0.07% | 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': 257. [Listed as 'Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc..'] |
| Plymouth Brethren | Alaska | 434 | 0.08% | 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': 281. [Listed as 'Christian (Plymouth) Brethren.'] |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | Alaska | 6,307 | 1.15% | 37 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': 4,617. [Listed as 'Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).'] |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | Alaska | 4,652 | 0.77% | 37 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census] | Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1995 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations " |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | Alaska | 4,717 | 0.77% | 37 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web page: Comparative Statistics; [original source for states pop. data: U.S. Bureau of the Census] | Table: "PCUSA Membership by State/Territory -- 1997 "; Columns: "Number of Members ", "Members as a Percent of State Population " and "Number of Congregations " |
| Quaker | Alaska | 2,814 | 0.51% | 17 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': 1,793. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Salvation Army | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1898 | McKinley, Edward H. Marching to Glory: The History of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, 1880-1980. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1980), pg. 180. | "The Salvation Army had arrived in Alaska in 1898 under the auspices of the Canadian branch of the movement. After an initial flurry of heroic evangelism in the Klondike in 1898 and 1899, the work had not flourished among the small white population of the territory. " |
| Salvation Army | Alaska | - | - | 15 units |
- | 1941 | McKinley, Edward H. Marching to Glory: The History of the Salvation Army in the United States of America, 1880-1980. San Francisco: Harper & Row (1980), pg. 180. | "After an initial flurry of heroic evangelism in the Klondike in 1898 and 1899, the work had not flourished among the small white population of the territory. Quite different was the case among the Tlinget Indians, a fishing people who lived in small villages along the southeastern coast. A courageous Tlinget Salvationist, Charles Newton... had carried the gospel and the Army's carefree style of worship everywhere among the friendly and receptive Tlinget before he settled down to command the thriving corps at Kake. By the Second World War there were 15 corps in Alaska, all of them except Anchorage 'principally of native identity.' " |
| Salvation Army | Alaska | 2,487 | 0.45% | 32 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': 2,073. [Listed as 'Salvation Army.'] |
| Scientology | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1978 | *LINK* linked to Brett Achorn's OPPOSING VIEW web site "Hard Data on Scientology " (1998) | Organization count based on very detailed analysis of incorporations, creations, closures, etc. |
| Scientology | Alaska | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (1998); section: "Global Locator for Scientology Organizations " | Counted listings of churches and missions in directory. "Church of Scientology Mission of Anchorage, 1300 E. 68TH Ave., Suite 208A, Anchorage, AK 99518 " |
| Seventh-day Adventist | Alaska | 2,961 | 0.54% | 25 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': 2,187. [Listed as 'Seventh-Day Adventists.'] |
| Southern Baptist Convention | Alaska | 28,718 | 5.22% | 59 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': 21,477. |
| Tanana | Alaska | 415 | - | - | - | 1910 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995), pg. 86. | "Tanana... They lived on the lower part of the Tanana River in Alaska... They numbered 415 in 1910. Later estimates are very uncertain. " |
| Tlingit | Alaska | 14,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 419-420. | "Tlingit: Location: United States (Alaska); Population: 14,000; Religion: Christianity; native Tlingit "; "Like the other native peoples of the Northwest Coast, many Tlingit belong to the Russian Orthodox Church, to which their forebears were converted by the Russian missionaries who followed the traders that arrived in the area in the 18th century. " [NOTE: 14,000 is a measure of tribal/ethnic affiliation, not a measure of how many Tlingit practice traditional religion.] |
| Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist | Alaska | 271 | 0.05% | 4 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': 222. [Listed as 'Unitarian Universalist Association.'] |
| United Church of God | Alaska | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | Counted the churches in their listing. |
| United Methodist Church | Alaska | 4,956 | 0.90% | 26 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': 3,712. [Listed as 'United Methodist Church.'] |
| Unity Church | Alaska | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (viewed 1998) | Counted the churches in their directory. |
| Urantia Book Readers, Fellowship of | Alaska | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site (1998) | directory: "1996-1997 International Study Group Directory for readers of The Urantia Book " |
| Wesleyan Church | Alaska | 461 | 0.08% | 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': 68. [Listed as 'The Wesleyan Church.'] |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Alaska | 1,012 | 0.18% | 7 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': 622. [Listed as 'Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.'] |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Alaska: Anchorage | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1941 | Howlet, Sandi. "A Warmth of Spirit in Anchorage, Alaska " in Ensign (Dec. 1999), pg. 70. | "First Church meeting in Anchorage: July 1938; Missionaries first arrived: spring 1941; First branch organized: 25 May 1941 " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Alaska: Anchorage | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1961 | Howlet, Sandi. "A Warmth of Spirit in Anchorage, Alaska " in Ensign (Dec. 1999), pg. 69. | "The Church in Anchorage has grown from three wards in 1961... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Alaska: Anchorage | 6,500 | 2.50% | 15 units |
- | 1999 | Howlet, Sandi. "A Warmth of Spirit in Anchorage, Alaska " in Ensign (Dec. 1999), pg. 69. | "...Anchorage... its more than 260,000 residents... The Church in Anchorage has grown... to two stakes encompassing 14 wards and one branch... the Church remains a small minority, with approximately 6,500 members... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - meetinghouses | Alaska: Anchorage | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1958 | Howlet, Sandi. "A Warmth of Spirit in Anchorage, Alaska " in Ensign (Dec. 1999), pg. 70. | "First Church meeting in Anchorage: July 1938... First branch organized: 25 May 1941; Dedication of first meetinghouse: 10 August 1958 " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - meetinghouses | Alaska: Anchorage | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1999 | Howlet, Sandi. "A Warmth of Spirit in Anchorage, Alaska " in Ensign (Dec. 1999), pg. 69. | "Anchorage at a glance: Meetinghouses: 5 " |
| Native Americans | Alaska: Anchorage | 14,569 | - | - | - | 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. Includes Alaska natives. |
| Ahmadiyya | Albania | 45,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Web site: "Mohibban-e-Mustafa Presents: Anti Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam Homepage "; web page: "Ahmadiyya Movement Against Islam - An Overview "; "Friday, Aug. 25, 1995 "; by Syed Rashid Ali, Dibba AlFujairah, United Arab Emirates " | "...50,000 Muslims in Mali, 24,000 Muslims in Ivory Coast, 100,000 Bosnian Refugees in Europe and 45000 Albanians... " |
| Albanian Orthodox | Albania | 650,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
