Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Religious Traditions, 2010

29,487	403	61,154	777	321,963	16,159	195,306
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	41	321,963	514.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	39	19,148	30.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	33	16,238	26.0
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	38	13,716	21.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	18	10,112	16.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	7,033	11.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	14	5,417	8.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	18	3,951	6.3
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	3,270	5.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	12	3,200	5.1
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	3,181	5.1
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	2,026	3.2
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	14	1,927	3.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	1,535	2.5
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	1,482	2.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	1,399	2.2
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	1,365	2.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	1,231	2.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	5	1,179	1.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	6	1,063	1.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	967	1.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	893	1.4
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	735	1.2
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	660	1.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	655	1.0
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	500	0.8
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	470	0.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	449	0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	414	0.7
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	380	0.6
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	366	0.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	345	0.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	335	0.5
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	265	0.4
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	256	0.4
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	250	0.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	222	0.4
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	161	0.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	147	0.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	119	0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	100	0.2
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	97	0.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	0	87	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	84	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	83	0.1
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	78	0.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	60	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.1
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	57	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	41	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	37	0.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	31	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	13	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	10	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
		Totals:	394	429,943

The population of Bucks County, Pennsylvania was 625,249 in 2010; in 2000 it was 597,635. The total population changed 4.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (429,943) included 68.8% 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.