Camden County, New Jersey

Religious Traditions, 2010

21,048	6,925	37,518	2,500	180,343	27,141	238,182
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	55	180,343	351.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	47	13,954	27.2
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	47	11,379	22.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	7	9,970	19.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	19	6,786	13.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	16	6,584	12.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	14	5,048	9.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	17	4,813	9.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	4,655	9.1
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	4,601	9.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	6	3,206	6.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	3,182	6.2
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	14	2,526	4.9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	2,500	4.9
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	2,131	4.1
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	2	1,992	3.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	1,177	2.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	1,170	2.3
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	6	1,136	2.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	981	1.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	823	1.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	708	1.4
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	614	1.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	593	1.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	518	1.0
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	510	1.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	413	0.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	413	0.8
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	396	0.8
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	387	0.8
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	333	0.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	291	0.6
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	253	0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	193	0.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	173	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	144	0.3
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	127	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	122	0.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	66	0.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	62	0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	60	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	59	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	42	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	41	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	2	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	4	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	6	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
		Totals:	372	275,475

The population of Camden County, New Jersey was 513,657 in 2010; in 2000 it was 508,932. The total population changed 0.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (275,475) included 53.6% 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.