Friends United Meeting Metro Areas (2010) [ Counties | 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. metro areas 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	Metro Area   [Download CSV]	Adherents	Percent
10	Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	128	0.1
17	Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	13	0
4	Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	544	0.36
17	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	17	0
17	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	34	0
17	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	84	0
6	Columbus, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	160	0.21
4	Danville, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	290	0.36
15	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	63	0.02
13	Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	306	0.04
9	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	783	0.14
12	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	348	0.07
17	Evansville, IN-KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	4	0
3	Goldsboro, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	549	0.45
2	Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	4,601	0.64
7	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	2,876	0.16
12	Iowa City, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	109	0.07
16	Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	96	0.01
1	Kokomo, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	929	0.94
15	Lima, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	22	0.02
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	417	0
16	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	74	0.01
17	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0	0
15	Morristown, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	32	0.02
8	Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	179	0.15
17	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0	0
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	34	0
14	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	98	0.03
13	Terre Haute, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	67	0.04
16	Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area	100	0.01
17	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	59	0
11	Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	556	0.09
5	Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	1,276	0.27

^* 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]