Dallas County, Texas

Religious Traditions, 2010

615,849	69,831	166,224	8,813	446,996	147,445	912,981
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	726	261,216	110.3
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	438	208,131	87.9
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	103	41,160	17.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	96	49,796	21.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	88	94,881	40.1
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	56	446,996	188.8
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	52	10,641	4.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	41	7,059	3.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	41	24,256	10.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	39	21,953	9.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	39	11,695	4.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	38	8,845	3.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	35	22,730	9.6
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	30	6,290	2.7
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	27	26,111	11.0
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	25	84,256	35.6
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	22	4,736	2.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	22	8,026	3.4
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	---	---
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	21	2,933	1.2
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	19	---	---
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	18	11,185	4.7
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	18	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	16	6,028	2.5
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	14	11,537	4.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	14	6,071	2.6
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	13	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	13	10,196	4.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	11	1,659	0.7
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	492	0.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,533	0.6
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	7,012	3.0
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	9	3,400	1.4
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	8	6,442	2.7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	840	0.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	870	0.4
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	7	---	---
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	825	0.3
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	7	262	0.1
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	6	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	414	0.2
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	6	1,110	0.5
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	4,670	2.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	5,929	2.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	5	1,269	0.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	5	1,196	0.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	318	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	5	183	0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	385	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	4	504	0.2
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	9,112	3.8
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	4	---	---
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	3	165	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	3	1,655	0.7
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	766	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	320	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	492	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	51	0.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	212	0.1
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	4,506	1.9
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	334	0.1
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	103	0.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	250	0.1
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	---	---
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	116	0.0
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	62	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	756	0.3
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	2	228	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	310	0.1
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	0	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	650	0.3
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America	Black Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	650	0.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	124	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	60	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	4,000	1.7
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	1,000	0.4
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	753	0.3
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	531	0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	66	0.0
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	134	0.1
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	55	0.0
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	600	0.3
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	70	0.0
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	1	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church Hanover Presbytery	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	175	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	280	0.1
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	192	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	72	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	167	0.1
		Totals:	2,336	1,455,158

The population of Dallas County, Texas was 2,368,139 in 2010; in 2000 it was 2,218,899. The total population changed 6.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,455,158) included 61.4% 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.