Friends United Meeting Counties (2010) [ Metro Areas | States ]

• 2010

The Friends United Meeting was founded by the more programmed and "orthodox" tradition among Friends in 1902. At first known as the Five Years Meeting of Friends, it assumed its present name in 1965.

Using data from the 1980-2010 Religious Congregations and Membership Studies, this list ranks U.S. counties on the highest total number of adherents and the highest percent of the population in the Friends United Meeting. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings.

Congregational "Adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. "Percent" is the percentage of the total population that belongs to that denomination. Note: Adherents are sometimes residents of a county different than the location of their congregation.

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Complete List

Ranking	County   [Download CSV]	Adherents	Percent
5	Randolph County, North Carolina	2,924	2.06
31	Guilford County, North Carolina	1,677	0.34
44	Marion County, Indiana	1,036	0.11
2	Yadkin County, North Carolina	1,029	2.68
16	Howard County, Indiana	908	1.1
1	Randolph County, Indiana	878	3.35
33	Hamilton County, Indiana	833	0.3
15	Grant County, Indiana	781	1.11
9	Henry County, Indiana	752	1.52
7	Clinton County, Ohio	728	1.73
28	Hendricks County, Indiana	625	0.43
44	Sedgwick County, Kansas	556	0.11
27	Wayne County, North Carolina	549	0.45
30	Alamance County, North Carolina	544	0.36
13	Marshall County, Iowa	518	1.27
24	Surry County, North Carolina	515	0.7
10	Wabash County, Indiana	483	1.47
18	Highland County, Ohio	457	1.05
3	Hardin County, Iowa	448	2.56
54	Los Angeles County, California	417	0
4	Parke County, Indiana	395	2.28
22	Warren County, Iowa	393	0.85
25	Wayne County, Indiana	378	0.55
19	Jasper County, Iowa	370	1
25	Chatham County, North Carolina	348	0.55
6	Jefferson County, Iowa	329	1.95
30	Vermilion County, Illinois	290	0.36
12	Mahaska County, Iowa	288	1.29
47	Forsyth County, North Carolina	247	0.07
14	Henry County, Iowa	226	1.12
14	Orange County, Indiana	222	1.12
42	Greene County, Ohio	207	0.13
8	Perquimans County, North Carolina	207	1.54
35	Morgan County, Indiana	194	0.28
20	Poweshiek County, Iowa	180	0.95
41	Delaware County, Indiana	179	0.15
21	Southampton County, Virginia	167	0.9
38	Bartholomew County, Indiana	160	0.21
37	Dallas County, Iowa	157	0.24
32	Monroe County, Tennessee	149	0.33
38	Hancock County, Indiana	144	0.21
11	Keokuk County, Iowa	144	1.37
23	Cedar County, Iowa	138	0.75
41	Moore County, North Carolina	135	0.15
45	Madison County, Indiana	128	0.1
32	Miami County, Indiana	123	0.33
17	Guthrie County, Iowa	118	1.08
51	Polk County, Iowa	115	0.03
26	Washington County, Iowa	109	0.5
47	Iredell County, North Carolina	108	0.07
46	Harnett County, North Carolina	105	0.09
38	Osage County, Oklahoma	100	0.21
39	Cass County, Michigan	98	0.19
53	Hamilton County, Ohio	84	0.01
46	Grand Traverse County, Michigan	82	0.09
42	Sauk County, Wisconsin	78	0.13
45	Kosciusko County, Indiana	76	0.1
36	Washington County, Indiana	74	0.26
29	Vermillion County, Indiana	67	0.41
50	Davidson County, North Carolina	66	0.04
50	Scott County, Iowa	63	0.04
49	Blount County, Tennessee	60	0.05
47	Suffolk city, Virginia	59	0.07
36	Jay County, Indiana	55	0.26
42	Muscatine County, Iowa	55	0.13
49	Miami County, Ohio	54	0.05
43	Cerro Gordo County, Iowa	51	0.12
45	Shelby County, Indiana	44	0.1
37	Rush County, Indiana	42	0.24
29	Clarke County, Iowa	38	0.41
42	Van Wert County, Ohio	38	0.13
53	Knox County, Tennessee	36	0.01
40	Winneshiek County, Iowa	35	0.17
54	Alameda County, California	34	0
54	Cook County, Illinois	34	0
39	Dickinson County, Iowa	32	0.19
48	Jefferson County, Tennessee	32	0.06
45	Carroll County, Virginia	30	0.1
48	Preble County, Ohio	27	0.06
52	Allen County, Ohio	22	0.02
34	Union County, Indiana	22	0.29
49	Auglaize County, Ohio	21	0.05
42	Tipton County, Indiana	21	0.13
54	Montgomery County, Ohio	18	0
53	Union County, North Carolina	17	0.01
49	Door County, Wisconsin	15	0.05
54	Kern County, California	13	0
52	Montgomery County, Indiana	7	0.02
53	Mercer County, Ohio	5	0.01
53	Ottawa County, Oklahoma	4	0.01
54	Vanderburgh County, Indiana	4	0
54	Ross County, Ohio	2	0
54	Buffalo County, Nebraska	0	0
54	Davidson County, Tennessee	0	0
54	Greene County, Iowa	0	0
54	Miami-Dade County, Florida	0	0
54	Tama County, Iowa	0	0
54	Washington County, Alabama	0	0

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]