Fort Bend County, Texas

Religious Traditions, 2010

76,590	2,103	41,419	865	81,096	34,339	348,963
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	97	42,941	73.4
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	61	19,848	33.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	18	34,341	58.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	1,614	2.8
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	12	81,096	138.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	12	5,537	9.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	4,682	8.0
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	---	---
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	7	17,794	30.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	894	1.5
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	1,489	2.5
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	6	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	5	1,079	1.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	5	3,215	5.5
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	5	3,992	6.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	5	1,280	2.2
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	1,212	2.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	360	0.6
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	3	271	0.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	3	39	0.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	809	1.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	105	0.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	290	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	409	0.7
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	---	---
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	323	0.6
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	1,533	2.6
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	2	3,137	5.4
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	---	---
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	153	0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	275	0.5
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	2	2,540	4.3
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	388	0.7
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	388	0.7
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	150	0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	70	0.1
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	129	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	82	0.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	110	0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	88	0.2
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	16	0.0
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	555	0.9
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	67	0.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	97	0.2
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	166	0.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	60	0.1
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	626	1.1
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	160	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	106	0.2
Unity of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	1,590	2.7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	156	0.3
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	150	0.3
		Totals:	347	236,412

The population of Fort Bend County, Texas was 585,375 in 2010; in 2000 it was 354,452. The total population changed 65.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (236,412) included 40.4% 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.