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The Reformed Church in America, the oldest continuously existing Protestant church in the United States, perpetuates the religious life of the Dutch Reformed settlement of New Amsterdam (New York) in the seventeenth century.

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 Reformed Church in America. 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
10	9	9	7	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.18	1.71	2.13	2.74
41	45	48	42	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	--	--	0.06
33	40	43	34	Ann Arbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.15
39	43	46	48	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.01	0.01	0
33	34	33	35	Battle Creek, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.1	0.14	0.14
14	11	11	10	Bellingham, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.73	1.18	1.21	1.4
16	15	14	17	Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.58	0.66	0.72	0.41
36	39	48	49	Boise City-Nampa, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.05	--	--
40	44	47	48	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0	0	0	0
41	45	48	47	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	--	--	0.01
41	45	44	48	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	--	0.03	0
19	26	32	35	Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.32	0.2	0.15	0.14
26	29	29	30	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.15	0.18	0.19
34	37	41	40	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.08
27	28	34	48	Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.16	0.13	0
33	39	41	44	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.05	0.06	0.04
39	40	43	48	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.04	0.04	0
26	31	39	45	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.13	0.08	0.03
35	34	31	31	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.1	0.16	0.18
13	16	15	22	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.74	0.65	0.55	0.32
38	42	42	41	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.07
36	37	40	48	Fargo, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.07	0.07	0
34	35	38	38	Flint, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.09	0.09	0.1
9	10	4	11	Fond du Lac, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.31	1.34	4.23	1.17
35	38	48	49	Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.06	--	--
38	45	48	49	Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	--	--	--
28	31	28	33	Glens Falls, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.13	0.19	0.16
8	6	5	4	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.14	2.7	3.62	4.14
34	31	32	25	Great Falls, MT Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.13	0.15	0.27
1	1	1	1	Holland-Grand Haven, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	12.62	15.3	14.12	21.24
38	42	44	45	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03
26	25	48	49	Iowa City, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.16	0.21	--	--
30	31	26	29	Janesville, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.13	0.21	0.22
4	4	7	6	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.87	3.37	3.43	3.1
11	13	13	13	Kankakee-Bradley, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	1.06	0.92	0.87	0.85
39	43	44	48	Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.01	0.03	0
5	3	2	2	Kingston, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.73	3.45	4.56	5.72
23	20	22	21	Lafayette, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.31	0.27	0.36
25	27	31	30	Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.17	0.17	0.16	0.19
29	32	36	34	Lawton, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.11	0.12	0.11	0.15
17	17	19	16	Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.36	0.39	0.41	0.45
28	27	25	27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.12	0.17	0.22	0.24
18	25	48	49	Madera-Chowchilla, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.34	0.21	--	--
31	33	34	23	Madison, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.11	0.13	0.29
39	42	44	42	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.06
36	38	38	41	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.06	0.09	0.07
35	36	37	40	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.08	0.1	0.08
41	45	44	48	Mobile, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	--	0.03	0
35	34	38	41	Modesto, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.1	0.09	0.07
3	5	6	5	Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.9	3.19	3.59	3.64
41	43	48	49	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	0.01	--	--
22	19	18	14	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.25	0.33	0.42	0.52
37	35	29	32	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.09	0.18	0.17
35	30	27	18	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.14	0.2	0.4
36	37	36	40	Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.08
32	38	39	41	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.08	0.06	0.08	0.07
39	42	41	41	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.07
33	32	30	30	Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.07	0.12	0.17	0.19
37	39	40	39	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.05	0.07	0.09
37	39	38	36	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.13
41	45	47	48	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	--	0	0
15	12	10	9	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.72	1.15	1.41	1.67
30	29	27	48	Prescott, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.15	0.2	0
34	36	35	37	Racine, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.08	0.12	0.11
38	41	43	48	Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	0.03	0.04	0
25	23	24	26	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.17	0.23	0.23	0.25
31	32	28	28	Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.09	0.12	0.19	0.23
27	23	21	17	Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.15	0.23	0.33	0.41
41	39	37	41	Rockford, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	0.05	0.1	0.07
30	34	31	33	Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.1	0.16	0.16
39	42	45	45	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03
34	43	45	47	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.01
35	36	44	46	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.08	0.03	0.02
41	45	43	48	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	--	--	0.04	0
38	42	45	44	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.04
38	41	43	43	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05
2	2	3	3	Sheboygan, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	4.57	4.64	4.51	4.91
12	14	16	19	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.97	0.87	0.53	0.38
6	7	8	8	Sioux Falls, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.36	2.32	2.47	2.48
39	43	48	49	St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.01	--	--
24	22	23	24	Stockton, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.18	0.25	0.25	0.28
34	36	37	36	Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.06	0.08	0.1	0.13
39	41	40	40	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.08
35	39	39	48	Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.05	0.08	0
37	41	41	40	Tucson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.08
23	21	20	15	Utica-Rome, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.21	0.29	0.39	0.48
21	24	35	37	Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.27	0.22	0.12	0.11
39	43	48	49	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.01	0.01	--	--
7	8	12	12	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area	2.23	1.72	1.15	1.04
20	18	17	20	Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.31	0.34	0.43	0.37
35	41	48	49	Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.05	0.03	--	--
30	32	30	37	Yakima, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	0.1	0.12	0.17	0.11

^* 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]