Boone County, Missouri

Religious Traditions, 2010

32,187	714	16,273	218	10,684	3,873	98,693
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	29	13,307	81.8
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	4	10,684	65.7
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	15	8,463	52.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	12	6,051	37.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	16	5,723	35.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	5	2,083	12.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	6	1,941	11.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	1,936	11.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	1,560	9.6
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	1,558	9.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	1,229	7.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	1,019	6.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	844	5.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	843	5.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	819	5.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	819	5.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1	752	4.6
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	1	600	3.7
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	440	2.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	365	2.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	297	1.8
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	276	1.7
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	234	1.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	217	1.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	215	1.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	1.2
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	180	1.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	165	1.0
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	138	0.8
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	120	0.7
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	120	0.7
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	111	0.7
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	102	0.6
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	1	102	0.6
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	100	0.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	76	0.5
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	60	0.4
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	50	0.3
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	3	44	0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	40	0.2
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	36	0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	18	0.1
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	12	0.1
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	1	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	0	---
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	167	63,949

The population of Boone County, Missouri was 162,642 in 2010; in 2000 it was 135,454. The total population changed 20.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (63,949) included 39.3% 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.