Union County, New Jersey

Religious Traditions, 2010

30,123	7,858	35,313	5,717	247,240	28,707	181,541
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	42	247,240	460.8
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	35	17,396	32.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	27	11,239	20.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	27	8,332	15.5
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	20	3,992	7.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	19	5,172	9.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	14	6,735	12.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	12	1,991	3.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	10	3,025	5.6
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	10	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	10	4,000	7.5
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	9	3,265	6.1
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	2,280	4.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	8	10,494	19.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	1,083	2.0
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	6	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	465	0.9
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	382	0.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	5	2,521	4.7
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	4,196	7.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	5	1,022	1.9
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	1,601	3.0
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	550	1.0
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	4	---	---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	428	0.8
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	4	407	0.8
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	561	1.0
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	5,481	10.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	4,275	8.0
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	297	0.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	0	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	150	0.3
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	281	0.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	113	0.2
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	2	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	1,171	2.2
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	192	0.4
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	345	0.6
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	490	0.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	1,000	1.9
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	43	0.1
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	292	0.5
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	16	0.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	74	0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	210	0.4
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	145	0.3
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	250	0.5
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	25	0.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	420	0.8
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	52	0.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	185	0.3
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	45	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	124	0.2
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	400	0.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	0	---
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	348	0.6
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	73	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	0	---
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	0	70	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	14	0.0
		Totals:	382	354,958

The population of Union County, New Jersey was 536,499 in 2010; in 2000 it was 522,541. The total population changed 2.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (354,958) included 66.2% 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.