Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Religious Traditions, 2010

27,374	6,464	43,691	689	39,739	10,390	139,753
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^†
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	6	1,768	7.0
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	1,518	6.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	45	0.2
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	7	1,190	4.7
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	220	0.9
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	17	41,449	164.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	795	3.2
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	130	0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	128	0.5
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	50	0.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	1,168	4.6
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	7	1,569	6.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	517	2.1
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	245	1.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	17	3,268	13.0
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	29	0.1
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	6	2,186	8.7
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	3,201	12.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	40	16,551	65.7
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	99	0.4
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	129	0.5
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	2	680	2.7
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	154	0.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Jewish	Other	Judaism	5	5,000	19.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	9	556	2.2
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	79	0.3
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	166	0.7
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	1,827	7.3
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	368	1.5
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	480	1.9
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	109	0.4
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	5,604	22.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	385	1.5
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	615	2.4
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	600	2.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	796	3.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	2,485	9.9
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	286	1.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	17	5,910	23.5
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	60	21,674	86.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	582	2.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	134	0.5
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	275	124,745

The population of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania was 251,798 in 2000; in 1990 it was 237,813. The total population changed 5.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (124,745) included 49.5% of the total population in 2000.

^* 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.