Anoka County, Minnesota

Religious Traditions, 2010

49,709		36,549	195	75,535	2,179	166,677
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^†
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	20	30,954	93.6
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	19	4,152	12.5
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	15	19,650	59.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	12	75,535	228.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	10	8,466	25.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	5,656	17.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	9	4,365	13.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	2,385	7.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,711	5.2
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	5	3,279	9.9
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	674	2.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	421	1.3
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	722	2.2
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	2	591	1.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	330	1.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	224	0.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	757	2.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	568	1.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	72	0.2
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	2	---	---
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	2	616	1.9
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	135	0.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	529	1.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	443	1.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	760	2.3
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	74	0.2
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	41	0.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	270	0.8
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	25	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	71	0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.2
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	84	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	116	0.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	431	1.3
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	169	164,167

The population of Anoka County, Minnesota was 330,844 in 2010; in 2000 it was 298,084. The total population changed 11.0%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (164,167) included 49.6% 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.