Hamilton County, Ohio

Religious Traditions, 2010

93,166	20,814	76,354	3,879	205,094	21,699	381,368
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	83	205,094	255.6
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	69	39,553	49.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	51	31,193	38.9
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	14,793	18.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	44	12,946	16.1
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	17	10,511	13.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	17	10,374	12.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	27	9,959	12.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	9,485	11.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	20	8,438	10.5
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	6,021	7.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	26	5,292	6.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	12	5,153	6.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	10	4,917	6.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	18	4,102	5.1
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	3,300	4.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	3,178	4.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	15	3,021	3.8
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	2,808	3.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	10	2,751	3.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	12	2,636	3.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	2,500	3.1
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	10	2,053	2.6
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	2,000	2.5
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	8	2,000	2.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	1,935	2.4
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	4	1,724	2.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	1,646	2.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	6	1,355	1.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	4	1,090	1.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	11	926	1.2
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	672	0.8
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	550	0.7
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	509	0.6
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	475	0.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	468	0.6
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	2	411	0.5
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	385	0.5
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	380	0.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	367	0.5
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	352	0.4
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	350	0.4
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	270	0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	268	0.3
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	250	0.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	238	0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	230	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	214	0.3
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.2
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	183	0.2
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	150	0.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	148	0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	143	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	133	0.2
Pillar of Fire	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	125	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	114	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	94	0.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.1
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	84	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	73	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	65	0.1
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	50	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	50	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	34	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	32	0.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	1	28	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	27	0.0
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	21	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	19	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	4	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	12	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
		Totals:	666	421,006

The population of Hamilton County, Ohio was 802,374 in 2010; in 2000 it was 845,303. The total population changed -5.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (421,006) included 52.5% 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.