Oregon

Religions

Just over one-third of Oregon's population is affiliated with an organized religion. About 2.3 million people, 68% of the population, were not counted as members of any religious organization in a 2000 survey. In 2000, the leading Christian denominations were the Roman Catholic church, with 348,239 members, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), with 104,312 adherents. Other major Protestant groups, were the Assemblies of God, 49,357; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 46,807; Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, 39,011; United Methodists, 34,101; Presbyterians (USA), 33,909; and Southern Baptists, 32,433. The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (established in California in 1923) had 44,826 members in Oregon in 2000. Jewish Oregonians were estimated to number 31,625, a figure which represents a 195% increase from 1990. There were about 5,225 Muslims throughout the state.