Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

39,548	4,763	64,176	3,190	233,476	27,666	497,897
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	125	304,134	375.7
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	108	39,190	48.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	51	17,207	21.3
Jewish	Other	Judaism	19	17,157	21.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	34	13,545	16.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	41	12,784	15.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	43	10,753	13.3
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	7,680	9.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	33	6,612	8.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	11	5,046	6.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	4,347	5.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	6	2,107	2.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	1,698	2.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	10	1,684	2.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	1,609	2.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	1,520	1.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	4	1,405	1.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	1,183	1.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	1,007	1.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	821	1.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	782	1.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	708	0.9
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	607	0.7
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	600	0.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	579	0.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	453	0.6
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	440	0.5
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	435	0.5
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	5	321	0.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	205	0.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	200	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	156	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	132	0.2
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	126	0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	124	0.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	122	0.2
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	90	0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	90	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	82	0.1
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1	78	0.1
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1	57	0.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	49	0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	47	0.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	37	0.0
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	6	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	---	---
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
		Totals:	611	458,009

The population of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 809,443 in 1990; in 1980 it was 771,290. The total population changed 4.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (458,009) included 56.6% of the total population in 1990.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 5 counties: Albany County, New York, Rensselaer County, New York, Saratoga County, New York, Schenectady County, New York, Schoharie County, New York.

^* 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.