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The Churches of Christ (Non-Instrumental) is one of the several branches of the Restoration movement begun in the early 19th century by Barton Stone and Thomas and Alexander Campbell. Originating primarily among those Restorationist congregations in the South, it has become a national movement. It has been most identified for its disavowal of the use of instrumental music in worship and ultra-congregational organization. Over the years, the decentralized polity has allowed for a number of factions to develop over various beliefs and practices not accepted by the majority of churches. The Churches of Christ (Non-instrumental) represent the largest faction of the movement.

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 Churches of Christ. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings.

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Rank 2010	Rank 2000	Rank 1990	Rank 1980	Metro Area [Download CSV]	Percent 2010	Percent 2000	Percent 1990	Percent 1980
2	2	2	2	Abilene, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	8.16	8.86	9.25	9.72
90	102	105	111	Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.37	0.36	0.4	0.43
46	55	56	76	Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.1	1.08	1.19	0.86
122	133	138	145	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.07
86	89	86	89	Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.41	0.51	0.64	0.67
72	72	80	95	Alexandria, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.6	0.74	0.72	0.61
123	134	137	145	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.04	0.07	0.07
118	129	137	145	Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.09	0.07	0.07
20	13	11	14	Amarillo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.57	3.84	4.3	4.09
118	129	133	144	Ames, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.08
92	100	103	104	Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.35	0.38	0.42	0.5
67	65	65	77	Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.69	0.87	0.98	0.85
120	132	136	139	Anderson, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.06	0.08	0.13
103	113	114	112	Ann Arbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.24	0.25	0.31	0.42
21	23	29	37	Anniston-Oxford, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.17	2.48	2.49	2.12
118	129	134	143	Appleton, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.09	0.1	0.09
105	111	116	127	Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.22	0.27	0.29	0.26
79	93	99	112	Athens-Clarke County, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.49	0.46	0.46	0.42
77	90	87	96	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.51	0.5	0.63	0.6
124	134	139	147	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.05
50	55	43	44	Auburn-Opelika, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.05	1.08	1.59	1.59
81	94	94	115	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.47	0.45	0.53	0.39
66	57	50	42	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.71	1.03	1.36	1.69
80	73	73	65	Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.48	0.71	0.8	1.04
111	122	129	141	Baltimore-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.11
119	130	136	139	Bangor, ME Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.13
122	134	140	149	Barnstable Town, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.03
91	102	104	123	Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.36	0.36	0.41	0.3
87	99	102	117	Battle Creek, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.4	0.39	0.43	0.37
117	128	132	145	Bay City, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.1	0.12	0.07
41	40	38	45	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.27	1.6	1.83	1.48
111	112	115	126	Bellingham, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.26	0.3	0.27
96	98	86	96	Bend, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.31	0.4	0.64	0.6
107	112	117	129	Billings, MT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.26	0.27	0.24
123	132	137	144	Binghamton, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.08
31	32	33	33	Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.6	1.91	2.08	2.28
115	127	134	142	Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.11	0.1	0.1
86	94	93	89	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.41	0.45	0.55	0.67
38	34	34	25	Bloomington, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.39	1.85	2.07	2.79
95	104	102	122	Bloomington-Normal, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.32	0.34	0.43	0.31
107	114	110	111	Boise City-Nampa, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.24	0.35	0.43
124	135	130	148	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.03	0.14	0.04
104	111	104	99	Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.27	0.41	0.56
12	9	9	12	Bowling Green, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	3.27	4.17	4.52	4.48
95	110	113	119	Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.32	0.28	0.32	0.34
121	132	137	144	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.08
85	88	84	82	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.42	0.52	0.68	0.76
110	116	124	87	Brunswick, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.17	0.22	0.2	0.71
119	131	137	145	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.07
109	124	127	135	Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.14	0.17	0.17
120	129	135	134	Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.18
70	74	79	74	Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.62	0.69	0.73	0.9
104	104	112	117	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.34	0.33	0.37
71	79	90	85	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.61	0.61	0.58	0.73
111	114	120	127	Carson City, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.24	0.24	0.26
102	88	91	121	Casper, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.25	0.52	0.57	0.32
111	116	131	131	Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.22	0.13	0.22
102	106	96	115	Champaign-Urbana, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.25	0.32	0.5	0.39
40	44	44	43	Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.33	1.38	1.58	1.68
88	93	95	113	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.39	0.46	0.52	0.41
99	112	112	130	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.28	0.26	0.33	0.23
115	126	124	133	Charlottesville, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.12	0.2	0.19
26	28	30	28	Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.88	2.05	2.42	2.4
95	105	117	79	Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.32	0.33	0.27	0.82
114	125	124	139	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.13	0.2	0.13
104	113	114	112	Chico, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.25	0.31	0.42
97	110	112	120	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.3	0.28	0.33	0.33
33	38	32	27	Clarksville, TN-KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.56	1.66	2.14	2.6
45	46	45	60	Cleveland, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.16	1.32	1.52	1.14
109	120	128	136	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16
94	92	81	85	Coeur d'Alene, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.33	0.47	0.71	0.73
34	35	45	38	College Station-Bryan, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.52	1.84	1.52	2.11
91	103	96	100	Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.36	0.35	0.5	0.55
77	89	90	91	Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.51	0.51	0.58	0.65
96	106	102	124	Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.31	0.32	0.43	0.29
59	71	74	100	Columbus, GA-AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.84	0.76	0.79	0.55
84	92	91	93	Columbus, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.43	0.47	0.57	0.63
96	104	108	115	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.31	0.34	0.37	0.39
52	47	48	47	Corpus Christi, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.94	1.26	1.41	1.41
88	98	112	108	Corvallis, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.39	0.4	0.33	0.46
60	57	59	46	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.8	1.03	1.11	1.45
117	120	130	141	Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.18	0.14	0.11
31	30	27	23	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.6	1.99	2.61	2.92
57	61	60	59	Dalton, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.89	0.96	1.1	1.16
94	104	101	108	Danville, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.33	0.34	0.44	0.46
111	120	133	141	Danville, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.18	0.11	0.11
109	119	124	124	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.19	0.2	0.29
74	80	90	96	Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.56	0.6	0.58	0.6
8	8	10	10	Decatur, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	4.09	4.26	4.42	4.87
73	75	85	95	Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.58	0.67	0.67	0.61
94	103	98	88	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.33	0.35	0.47	0.69
101	107	100	114	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.26	0.31	0.45	0.4
111	120	123	128	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.18	0.21	0.25
88	101	102	114	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.39	0.37	0.43	0.4
39	43	48	68	Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.38	1.4	1.41	0.97
120	130	135	135	Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.17
126	134	141	140	Dubuque, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.12
119	128	135	144	Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.1	0.09	0.08
102	111	108	137	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.25	0.27	0.37	0.15
122	129	136	149	Eau Claire, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.09	0.08	0.03
111	115	111	74	El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.23	0.34	0.9
107	105	108	108	El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.33	0.37	0.46
73	69	68	87	Elizabethtown, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.58	0.8	0.91	0.71
113	117	120	120	Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.14	0.21	0.24	0.33
119	127	134	141	Elmira, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.11	0.1	0.11
120	134	140	147	Erie, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.05
103	101	100	106	Eugene-Springfield, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.24	0.37	0.45	0.48
75	73	83	85	Evansville, IN-KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.54	0.71	0.69	0.73
99	105	103	109	Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.28	0.33	0.42	0.45
124	134	139	144	Fargo, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.08
62	49	47	93	Farmington, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.78	1.24	1.47	0.63
105	119	124	133	Fayetteville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.22	0.19	0.2	0.19
27	26	20	15	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.86	2.32	3.38	3.79
112	116	115	115	Flagstaff, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.22	0.3	0.39
64	72	77	78	Flint, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.75	0.74	0.75	0.83
99	110	126	135	Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.28	0.28	0.18	0.17
1	1	1	1	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	12.36	13.01	13.84	14.35
125	133	138	149	Fond du Lac, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	0.05	0.06	0.03
101	97	86	84	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.26	0.41	0.64	0.74
28	27	29	29	Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.84	2.08	2.49	2.38
104	113	113	121	Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.25	0.32	0.32
90	90	87	75	Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.37	0.5	0.63	0.87
30	31	32	40	Gadsden, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.69	1.97	2.14	1.88
56	56	52	39	Gainesville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.9	1.04	1.29	2.02
115	124	122	135	Gainesville, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.14	0.22	0.17
121	132	138	148	Glens Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.04
100	118	125	133	Goldsboro, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.2	0.19	0.19
119	128	129	141	Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.1	0.15	0.11
92	89	92	100	Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.35	0.51	0.56	0.55
113	124	129	138	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.14
93	109	101	131	Great Falls, MT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.34	0.29	0.44	0.22
109	119	121	127	Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.19	0.23	0.26
123	134	140	146	Green Bay, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.06
91	105	107	132	Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.36	0.33	0.38	0.2
113	125	135	147	Greenville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.14	0.13	0.09	0.05
97	96	97	116	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.3	0.42	0.48	0.38
85	92	103	107	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.42	0.47	0.42	0.47
106	115	120	129	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.23	0.24	0.24
81	82	81	52	Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.47	0.58	0.71	1.33
113	124	129	139	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.13
114	116	123	139	Harrisonburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.22	0.21	0.13
120	131	136	147	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.05
77	81	88	102	Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.51	0.59	0.61	0.53
106	114	120	136	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.24	0.24	0.16
100	104	114	115	Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.34	0.31	0.39
116	123	127	133	Holland-Grand Haven, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.11	0.15	0.17	0.19
120	129	134	141	Honolulu, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.09	0.1	0.11
41	53	40	57	Hot Springs, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.27	1.14	1.75	1.21
91	110	121	131	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.36	0.28	0.23	0.22
59	56	53	50	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.84	1.04	1.27	1.36
49	54	62	61	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.06	1.11	1.05	1.09
7	4	4	4	Huntsville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	4.18	5.42	6.3	6.91
112	118	121	125	Idaho Falls, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.2	0.23	0.28
72	76	67	83	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.6	0.65	0.93	0.75
123	131	133	140	Iowa City, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.12
114	128	132	132	Ithaca, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.1	0.12	0.2
104	111	109	133	Jackson, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.27	0.36	0.19
54	60	72	95	Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.92	0.98	0.82	0.61
5	7	8	9	Jackson, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	4.6	4.46	4.62	5.06
69	70	70	79	Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.66	0.77	0.85	0.82
92	98	106	119	Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.35	0.4	0.39	0.34
122	134	141	143	Janesville, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.09
77	90	106	107	Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.51	0.5	0.39	0.47
51	59	63	72	Johnson City, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.97	0.99	1.04	0.92
121	133	139	149	Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.03
4	5	6	6	Jonesboro, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area	5.12	5.06	5.64	5.95
37	36	36	41	Joplin, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.43	1.75	1.98	1.76
108	118	121	124	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.19	0.2	0.23	0.29
100	109	114	131	Kankakee-Bradley, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.29	0.31	0.22
78	84	82	93	Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.5	0.56	0.7	0.63
93	92	92	92	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.34	0.47	0.56	0.64
36	33	28	32	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.47	1.9	2.59	2.29
82	91	94	98	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.45	0.49	0.53	0.57
124	135	140	148	Kingston, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04
56	62	67	62	Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.9	0.92	0.93	1.07
68	75	87	103	Kokomo, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.67	0.67	0.63	0.52
120	131	138	145	La Crosse, WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.07
99	104	98	107	Lafayette, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.28	0.34	0.47	0.47
100	106	118	135	Lafayette, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.32	0.26	0.17
61	66	70	68	Lake Charles, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.79	0.84	0.85	0.97
103	112	102	112	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.24	0.26	0.43	0.42
72	70	64	58	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.6	0.77	0.99	1.19
122	133	141	147	Lancaster, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.05
113	124	130	130	Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.23
118	130	131	135	Laredo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.08	0.13	0.17
80	74	66	54	Las Cruces, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.48	0.69	0.97	1.3
117	128	124	126	Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.27
88	87	83	70	Lawrence, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.39	0.53	0.69	0.94
40	37	35	34	Lawton, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.33	1.69	1.99	2.27
118	130	139	148	Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.08	0.05	0.04
98	109	112	116	Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.29	0.29	0.33	0.38
125	138	143	150	Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	--	--	0.02
74	77	77	95	Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.56	0.64	0.75	0.61
89	114	117	131	Lima, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.38	0.24	0.27	0.22
103	123	118	116	Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.24	0.15	0.26	0.38
23	21	24	22	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.14	2.59	2.83	2.95
123	134	141	146	Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.06
13	12	12	17	Longview, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	3.24	3.99	4.27	3.64
114	116	119	115	Longview, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.22	0.25	0.39
111	118	118	124	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.2	0.26	0.29
55	57	57	53	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.91	1.03	1.14	1.31
6	6	5	5	Lubbock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	4.34	4.86	6.11	6.73
118	129	132	141	Lynchburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.09	0.12	0.11
74	95	98	108	Macon, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.56	0.43	0.47	0.46
93	94	87	93	Madera-Chowchilla, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.34	0.45	0.63	0.63
124	134	141	149	Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.03
116	124	132	144	Manchester-Nashua, NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.11	0.14	0.12	0.08
94	97	112	119	Manhattan, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.33	0.41	0.33	0.34
118	128	134	138	Mankato-North Mankato, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.1	0.1	0.14
101	104	104	119	Mansfield, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.26	0.34	0.41	0.34
104	105	101	105	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.33	0.44	0.49
100	100	95	103	Medford, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.38	0.52	0.52
23	22	23	26	Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.14	2.53	2.95	2.69
103	100	97	86	Merced, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.24	0.38	0.48	0.72
103	112	112	98	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.24	0.26	0.33	0.57
107	119	124	128	Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.19	0.2	0.25
11	10	13	8	Midland, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	3.41	4.1	4.1	5.08
112	126	131	145	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.12	0.13	0.07
123	132	136	148	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.04
104	108	117	128	Missoula, MT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.3	0.27	0.25
66	67	76	83	Mobile, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.71	0.82	0.77	0.75
90	87	84	82	Modesto, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.37	0.53	0.68	0.76
22	24	25	29	Monroe, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.15	2.44	2.68	2.38
108	118	130	140	Monroe, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.19	0.2	0.14	0.12
14	18	17	26	Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.99	3.22	3.75	2.69
79	77	81	94	Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.49	0.64	0.71	0.62
104	108	106	113	Morristown, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.3	0.39	0.41
98	97	107	97	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.29	0.41	0.38	0.59
75	83	54	67	Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.54	0.57	1.23	1.02
115	130	126	126	Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.08	0.18	0.27
112	122	127	131	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.22
121	131	136	133	Napa, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.19
117	125	122	129	Naples-Marco Island, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.13	0.22	0.24
3	3	3	3	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	5.31	6.41	8.02	9.43
117	128	135	147	New Haven-Milford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.1	0.09	0.05
108	113	117	135	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.19	0.25	0.27	0.17
123	134	138	149	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.03
94	104	105	119	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.33	0.34	0.4	0.34
100	103	107	99	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.35	0.38	0.56
122	133	139	143	Norwich-New London, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.09
82	85	84	91	Ocala, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.45	0.55	0.68	0.65
122	134	139	150	Ocean City, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.02
25	25	22	16	Odessa, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.99	2.35	3.07	3.7
122	132	136	143	Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.09
24	26	26	24	Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.11	2.32	2.66	2.9
112	116	127	134	Olympia, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.22	0.17	0.18
107	115	120	123	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.23	0.24	0.3
100	98	87	103	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.4	0.63	0.52
121	130	135	144	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.08	0.09	0.08
61	74	82	69	Owensboro, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.79	0.69	0.7	0.95
106	111	109	115	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.27	0.36	0.39
87	89	89	94	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.4	0.51	0.59	0.62
118	131	143	151	Palm Coast, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.07	--	--
65	63	54	63	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.72	0.91	1.23	1.06
10	14	14	13	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	3.53	3.68	3.93	4.28
60	64	65	76	Pascagoula, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.8	0.89	0.98	0.86
63	58	52	48	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.76	1	1.29	1.39
99	100	105	113	Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.28	0.38	0.4	0.41
120	131	136	146	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.06
107	112	103	107	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.26	0.42	0.47
44	48	52	52	Pine Bluff, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.17	1.25	1.29	1.33
115	128	133	143	Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.1	0.11	0.09
119	126	132	143	Pittsfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.12	0.12	0.09
111	122	127	144	Pocatello, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.08
102	105	109	102	Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.25	0.33	0.36	0.53
122	131	137	145	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.07
101	109	107	120	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.26	0.29	0.38	0.33
122	132	139	148	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.04
95	94	87	66	Prescott, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.32	0.45	0.63	1.03
121	133	138	149	Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.03
127	137	142	150	Provo-Orem, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0	0.01	0.01	0.02
76	83	93	85	Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.53	0.57	0.55	0.73
112	125	128	110	Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.13	0.16	0.44
103	123	135	141	Racine, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.24	0.15	0.09	0.11
107	112	110	128	Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.26	0.35	0.25
99	104	107	116	Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.28	0.34	0.38	0.38
121	131	136	146	Reading, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.06
87	88	97	98	Redding, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.4	0.52	0.48	0.57
114	121	129	134	Reno-Sparks, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.17	0.15	0.18
105	116	118	124	Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.22	0.22	0.26	0.29
109	114	116	112	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.24	0.29	0.42
106	115	118	130	Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.23	0.26	0.23
120	130	137	137	Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.15
111	123	129	137	Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.15	0.15	0.15
83	85	103	89	Rockford, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.44	0.55	0.42	0.67
119	128	135	146	Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.1	0.09	0.06
59	52	61	64	Rome, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.84	1.17	1.07	1.05
106	113	116	117	Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.25	0.29	0.37
115	118	128	143	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.2	0.16	0.09
101	112	116	119	Salem, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.26	0.26	0.29	0.34
112	117	123	110	Salinas, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.21	0.21	0.44
122	128	134	145	Salisbury, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.1	0.1	0.07
122	134	139	148	Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.04
18	15	16	20	San Angelo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.67	3.58	3.8	3.39
79	67	71	68	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.49	0.82	0.84	0.97
105	111	108	119	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.22	0.27	0.37	0.34
112	120	119	126	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.18	0.25	0.27
116	124	129	129	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.11	0.14	0.15	0.24
104	109	107	102	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.29	0.38	0.53
87	95	103	106	Sandusky, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.4	0.43	0.42	0.48
110	114	117	119	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.17	0.24	0.27	0.34
121	131	135	133	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.19
114	124	119	134	Santa Fe, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.14	0.25	0.18
110	120	119	115	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.17	0.18	0.25	0.39
78	82	89	113	Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.5	0.58	0.59	0.41
123	134	138	146	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.06
110	115	116	126	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.17	0.23	0.29	0.27
99	103	102	118	Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.28	0.35	0.43	0.36
114	124	133	140	Sheboygan, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.14	0.11	0.12
9	11	7	7	Sherman-Denison, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	3.63	4.02	5.54	5.18
48	51	51	55	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.08	1.18	1.3	1.28
120	133	141	143	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.09
115	120	135	145	Sioux Falls, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.18	0.09	0.07
117	116	127	125	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.22	0.17	0.28
94	101	104	116	Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.33	0.37	0.41	0.38
112	117	123	120	Spokane, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.21	0.21	0.33
104	114	120	120	Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.23	0.24	0.24	0.33
123	134	138	149	Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.03
35	42	39	31	Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.49	1.47	1.79	2.33
92	104	112	98	Springfield, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.35	0.34	0.33	0.57
123	130	136	148	St. Cloud, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.08	0.08	0.04
124	136	143	151	St. George, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.02	--	--
107	118	123	133	St. Joseph, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.2	0.2	0.21	0.19
89	95	96	103	St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.38	0.43	0.5	0.52
114	122	128	127	State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.16	0.16	0.26
53	50	55	60	Steubenville-Weirton, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.93	1.2	1.21	1.14
97	100	100	81	Stockton, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.3	0.38	0.45	0.77
88	99	122	128	Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.39	0.39	0.22	0.25
118	130	136	146	Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.06
80	86	83	100	Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.48	0.54	0.69	0.55
85	88	88	101	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.42	0.52	0.61	0.54
47	49	46	44	Terre Haute, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.09	1.24	1.51	1.59
19	20	21	19	Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.59	2.94	3.35	3.48
106	99	110	117	Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.39	0.35	0.37
71	75	75	91	Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.61	0.67	0.78	0.65
114	122	130	133	Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.13	0.16	0.14	0.19
106	112	110	104	Tucson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.26	0.35	0.5
42	41	41	36	Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.25	1.53	1.71	2.15
43	45	49	49	Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.2	1.35	1.4	1.38
16	19	19	21	Tyler, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.74	3.13	3.48	3.1
122	133	138	146	Utica-Rome, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06
15	16	15	18	Valdosta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.87	3.45	3.91	3.62
98	109	110	99	Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.29	0.29	0.35	0.56
32	39	37	35	Victoria, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.59	1.64	1.97	2.2
128	131	139	139	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	0.07	0.05	0.13
109	119	126	136	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.19	0.18	0.16
80	78	73	51	Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.48	0.63	0.8	1.35
29	29	31	30	Waco, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.7	2	2.33	2.34
84	86	85	83	Warner Robins, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.43	0.54	0.67	0.75
111	120	125	134	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.18	0.19	0.18
117	128	129	141	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.1	0.15	0.11
120	132	138	146	Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.06
97	88	78	71	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.3	0.52	0.74	0.93
31	36	42	42	Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.6	1.75	1.7	1.69
17	17	18	11	Wichita Falls, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.68	3.26	3.71	4.49
58	59	58	56	Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.88	0.99	1.12	1.22
122	132	133	143	Williamsport, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.09
112	120	122	122	Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.18	0.22	0.31
109	122	124	118	Winchester, VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.16	0.2	0.36
67	68	69	80	Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.69	0.81	0.89	0.8
124	133	140	146	Worcester, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.06
97	107	106	113	Yakima, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.3	0.31	0.39	0.41
115	128	132	141	York-Hanover, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.1	0.12	0.11
108	117	120	129	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.19	0.21	0.24	0.24
90	76	86	73	Yuba City, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.37	0.65	0.64	0.91
98	100	91	90	Yuma, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.29	0.38	0.57	0.66

^* 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]