Pinellas County, Florida

Religious Traditions, 2010

93,022	9,955	65,326	18,285	112,948	30,563	586,443
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	32	112,948	123.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	35	38,776	42.3
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	71	28,514	31.1
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	79	25,698	28.0
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	10	13,372	14.6
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	11,375	12.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	20	7,858	8.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	28	7,794	8.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	20	7,790	8.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	15	6,149	6.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	7	5,332	5.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	5,257	5.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	4,976	5.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	4,293	4.7
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	3,983	4.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	16	3,939	4.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	21	3,332	3.6
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	11	2,890	3.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	2,489	2.7
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	7	2,313	2.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	11	2,103	2.3
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	2,000	2.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	10	1,688	1.8
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	1,685	1.8
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	1,625	1.8
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	9	1,397	1.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	1,162	1.3
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,100	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	1,091	1.2
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	1,007	1.1
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	3	996	1.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	3	974	1.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	3	951	1.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	855	0.9
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	827	0.9
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	740	0.8
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	4	703	0.8
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	660	0.7
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	6	646	0.7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	640	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	4	610	0.7
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	600	0.7
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	4	599	0.7
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	520	0.6
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	500	0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	491	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	444	0.5
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	394	0.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	369	0.4
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	363	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	357	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	317	0.3
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	261	0.3
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	231	0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.2
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	180	0.2
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	173	0.2
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	150	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	124	0.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	115	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	115	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	104	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	103	0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	100	0.1
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	97	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	93	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	85	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	84	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	79	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	69	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	63	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	58	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	23	0.0
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	22	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	16	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	2	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	5	---	---
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	17	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
		Totals:	618	330,099

The population of Pinellas County, Florida was 916,542 in 2010; in 2000 it was 921,482. The total population changed -0.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (330,099) included 36.0% 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.