St. Louis County, Missouri

Religious Traditions, 2010

162,614	9,369	74,404	2,042	230,488	37,156	482,881
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	74	230,488	230.7
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	86	44,442	44.5
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	74	39,405	39.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	39	38,950	39.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	33	23,057	23.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	30	12,394	12.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	6	12,204	12.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	10,927	10.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	9,739	9.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	17	8,286	8.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	16	7,763	7.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	16	7,275	7.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	16	5,919	5.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	4,925	4.9
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	3,659	3.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	20	3,608	3.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	3,413	3.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	27	3,299	3.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	3,274	3.3
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	5	3,257	3.3
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	8	2,978	3.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	2,908	2.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	8	2,745	2.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	2,720	2.7
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	3	2,659	2.7
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	8	2,350	2.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	11	2,301	2.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	10	2,221	2.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	7	1,908	1.9
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	8	1,819	1.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,500	1.5
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	1,487	1.5
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	11	1,429	1.4
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	2	1,378	1.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	1,013	1.0
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	6	910	0.9
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	769	0.8
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	660	0.7
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	576	0.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	539	0.5
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	500	0.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	457	0.5
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	414	0.4
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	381	0.4
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	3	373	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	291	0.3
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	273	0.3
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	250	0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	242	0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	229	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	217	0.2
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	182	0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	168	0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	146	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	117	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	93	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	90	0.1
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	85	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	82	0.1
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	42	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	35	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	35	0.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	34	0.0
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	32	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	20	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	17	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	14	0.0
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	0	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	8	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	5	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	11	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	16	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
		Totals:	730	516,073

The population of St. Louis County, Missouri was 998,954 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,016,315. The total population changed -1.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (516,073) included 51.7% 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.