Albany County, New York

Religious Traditions, 2010

15,873	2,739	17,188	2,025	85,267	14,472	166,640
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	28	85,267	280.3
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	21	9,294	30.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	15	5,181	17.0
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	4,567	15.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	17	3,729	12.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	12	2,783	9.1
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	2,603	8.6
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	2,055	6.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	2,024	6.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	6	1,990	6.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	6	1,921	6.3
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	1,763	5.8
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	1,742	5.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	1,392	4.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	1,247	4.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	8	1,001	3.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,000	3.3
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	800	2.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	710	2.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	528	1.7
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	494	1.6
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	370	1.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	353	1.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	353	1.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	346	1.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	328	1.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	325	1.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	318	1.0
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	288	0.9
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	235	0.8
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	225	0.7
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	180	0.6
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	176	0.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	168	0.6
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	166	0.5
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	3	164	0.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	136	0.4
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	135	0.4
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	3	129	0.4
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	129	0.4
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	120	0.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	101	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	89	0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	88	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	88	0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	85	0.3
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	80	0.3
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	74	0.2
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	71	0.2
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	55	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	34	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	34	0.1
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	18	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	12	0.0
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	3	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	230	137,564

The population of Albany County, New York was 304,204 in 2010; in 2000 it was 294,565. The total population changed 3.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (137,564) included 45.2% 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.