Erie County, Pennsylvania

Religious Traditions, 2010

23,687	2,423	32,928	815	93,998	4,429	122,286
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	40	93,998	335.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	44	15,448	55.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	22	7,595	27.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	5,534	19.7
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	23	4,856	17.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	4,533	16.2
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	4,176	14.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	11	3,910	13.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	10	2,494	8.9
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	1,826	6.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	1,525	5.4
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	1,449	5.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	10	1,410	5.0
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	1,230	4.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	958	3.4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	805	2.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	706	2.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	597	2.1
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	481	1.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	379	1.4
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	2	362	1.3
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	319	1.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	300	1.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	298	1.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	4	290	1.0
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	242	0.9
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	190	0.7
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	188	0.7
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	175	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	166	0.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	163	0.6
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	158	0.6
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	155	0.6
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	150	0.5
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	130	0.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	128	0.5
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	119	0.4
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	100	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	99	0.4
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	83	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	72	0.3
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	72	0.3
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.2
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	1	57	0.2
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	50	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	43	0.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	36	0.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	0	25	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	25	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	15	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	0	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	2	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	11	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	312	158,280

The population of Erie County, Pennsylvania was 280,566 in 2010; in 2000 it was 280,843. The total population changed -0.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (158,280) included 56.4% 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.