Douglas County, Nebraska

Religious Traditions, 2010

64,801	12,664	52,105	835	123,962	20,613	242,130
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	50	123,962	239.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	28	21,108	40.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	20	13,611	26.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	18	12,758	24.7
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	32	10,754	20.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	10,322	20.0
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	12	8,852	17.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	22	7,819	15.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	7,284	14.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	17	7,138	13.8
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	4,616	8.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	4,039	7.8
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	5	3,392	6.6
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	3,387	6.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	3,145	6.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	2,930	5.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	6	2,742	5.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	12	2,455	4.7
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	15	2,237	4.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	2,010	3.9
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	1,963	3.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	1,719	3.3
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	1,380	2.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	1,300	2.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,157	2.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	1,071	2.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	948	1.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	4	927	1.8
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	840	1.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	741	1.4
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	693	1.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	675	1.3
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	525	1.0
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	500	1.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	467	0.9
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	430	0.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	425	0.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	422	0.8
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	385	0.7
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	378	0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	374	0.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	339	0.7
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	315	0.6
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	258	0.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	252	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	202	0.4
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	189	0.4
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	177	0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	168	0.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	166	0.3
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	158	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	155	0.3
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	145	0.3
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	126	0.2
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	113	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	111	0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	65	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	48	0.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	45	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	25	0.0
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	15	0.0
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	15	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	10	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	2	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
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 (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	3	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	8	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
		Totals:	422	274,980

The population of Douglas County, Nebraska was 517,110 in 2010; in 2000 it was 463,585. The total population changed 11.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (274,980) included 53.2% 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.