San Diego County, California

Religious Traditions, 2010

302,320	10,857	74,992	7,828	801,850	161,530	1,735,936
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	115	801,850	259.1
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	212	148,930	48.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	120	71,495	23.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	206	33,486	10.8
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	40	33,289	10.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	66	23,905	7.7
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	19	21,994	7.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	43	20,797	6.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	29	17,009	5.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	34	15,102	4.9
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	35	12,532	4.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	37	12,060	3.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	34	11,563	3.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	13	10,395	3.4
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	9,133	3.0
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	8,597	2.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	47	6,668	2.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	20	6,150	2.0
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	8	5,332	1.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	15	5,272	1.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	29	5,267	1.7
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	22	5,243	1.7
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	5	4,556	1.5
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	21	4,357	1.4
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	9	4,201	1.4
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	3	3,374	1.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	11	3,279	1.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	19	3,238	1.0
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	2	3,200	1.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	13	3,198	1.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	25	3,135	1.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	3,000	1.0
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	16	2,400	0.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	20	2,285	0.7
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	7	2,010	0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	18	1,978	0.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	9	1,873	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	5	1,851	0.6
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	1,728	0.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	9	1,604	0.5
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	1,523	0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	7	1,247	0.4
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	1,195	0.4
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,150	0.4
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	975	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	920	0.3
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	860	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	853	0.3
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	5	850	0.3
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	10	809	0.3
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	792	0.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	630	0.2
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	600	0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	593	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	543	0.2
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	525	0.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	524	0.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	500	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	466	0.2
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	464	0.1
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	463	0.1
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	450	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	435	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	385	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	375	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	375	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	370	0.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	360	0.1
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	335	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	322	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	290	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	10	247	0.1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	207	0.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.1
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	183	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	141	0.0
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	124	0.0
Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	111	0.0
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	100	0.0
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	90	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	66	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	60	0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	57	0.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	56	0.0
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	48	0.0
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	44	0.0
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	21	0.0
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	20	0.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	18	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	9	0.0
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	8	---	---
Armenian Evangelical Churches (Additional)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Assemblies of God International Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	35	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	15	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	3	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	43	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	29	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
		Totals:	1,720	1,359,377

The population of San Diego County, California was 3,095,313 in 2010; in 2000 it was 2,813,833. The total population changed 10.0%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,359,377) included 43.9% of the total population in 2010.

^* 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 the Catholic Church, 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]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.