Kent County, Michigan

Religious Traditions, 2010

141,345	8,454	47,892	1,730	114,437	15,674	273,090
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	37	114,437	189.9
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	50	56,337	93.5
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	80	43,152	71.6
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	38	14,993	24.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	33	13,286	22.0
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	5	8,252	13.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	8,201	13.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	13	7,256	12.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	17	6,472	10.7
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	6,402	10.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	5,084	8.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	4,465	7.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	3,447	5.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	16	3,154	5.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	4	2,541	4.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	2,225	3.7
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	2,182	3.6
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	2,100	3.5
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	2,062	3.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	1,984	3.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	1,584	2.6
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	1,354	2.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	1,255	2.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	1,102	1.8
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,041	1.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	1,030	1.7
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	1,020	1.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	963	1.6
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	900	1.5
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	5	835	1.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	769	1.3
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	753	1.2
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	748	1.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	600	1.0
Heritage Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	561	0.9
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	553	0.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	547	0.9
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	2	538	0.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	516	0.9
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	492	0.8
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	4	483	0.8
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	439	0.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	381	0.6
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	310	0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	265	0.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	262	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	251	0.4
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	229	0.4
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	4	210	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	139	0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	131	0.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	127	0.2
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	126	0.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	119	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	118	0.2
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	85	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	85	0.1
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	60	0.1
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	59	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	54	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	54	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	50	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	45	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	43	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	41	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	29	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	20	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	16	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	8	0.0
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Canadian and American Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	2	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Free Reformed Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	27	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	6	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	15	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	11	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
		Totals:	566	329,532

The population of Kent County, Michigan was 602,622 in 2010; in 2000 it was 574,335. The total population changed 4.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (329,532) included 54.7% 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.