Monmouth County, New Jersey

Religious Traditions, 2010

16,025	6,507	37,657	6,377	262,031	31,794	269,989
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	47	262,031	415.7
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	45	12,139	19.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	28	10,000	15.9
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	5	7,397	11.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	6,701	10.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	22	6,504	10.3
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	33	6,240	9.9
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	5,675	9.0
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	5,346	8.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	11	5,194	8.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	23	4,989	7.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	19	4,538	7.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	3,265	5.2
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	6	2,585	4.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	2,100	3.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	2,082	3.3
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	1,733	2.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	1,562	2.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	9	1,277	2.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	881	1.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	781	1.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	655	1.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	633	1.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	3	572	0.9
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	561	0.9
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	3	547	0.9
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	500	0.8
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	440	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	425	0.7
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	403	0.6
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	365	0.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	295	0.5
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	238	0.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	232	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	223	0.4
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	202	0.3
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	167	0.3
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	131	0.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	0	111	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	104	0.2
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	96	0.2
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	78	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	74	0.1
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	72	0.1
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	69	0.1
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	54	0.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	40	0.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	39	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	24	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	21	0.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	0	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
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	3	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	10	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	1	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church Hanover Presbytery	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	397	360,391

The population of Monmouth County, New Jersey was 630,380 in 2010; in 2000 it was 615,301. The total population changed 2.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (360,391) included 57.2% 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.