Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Religious Traditions, 2010

122,957	2,163	71,573	1,600	51,292	5,536	264,324
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	18	47,161	100.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	75	31,483	66.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	45	26,516	56.3
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	105	19,740	41.9
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	32	14,122	30.0
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	122	11,590	24.6
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	23	10,171	21.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	17	7,923	16.8
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	33	7,668	16.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	7	6,400	13.6
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	16	4,432	9.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	10	3,903	8.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	14	3,651	7.8
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	18	3,229	6.9
Jewish	Other	Judaism	3	3,000	6.4
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	2,714	5.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	2,619	5.6
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	25	2,507	5.3
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	2,221	4.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	2,039	4.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	1,755	3.7
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	1,350	2.9
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	1,305	2.8
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	9	1,230	2.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	3	1,154	2.5
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	1,039	2.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	888	1.9
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	792	1.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	775	1.6
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	629	1.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	606	1.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	3	585	1.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	556	1.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	3	541	1.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	265	0.6
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	232	0.5
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	189	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	160	0.3
Old Order River Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	142	0.3
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	105	0.2
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	85	0.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	68	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	64	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	52	0.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	27	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	19	0.0
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	13	0.0
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Canadian and American Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Maranatha Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
United Zion Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
		Totals:	662	227,775

The population of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was 470,658 in 2000; in 1990 it was 422,822. The total population changed 11.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (227,775) included 48.4% 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.