Bellingham, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

25,842		9,859	370	13,397	8,714	142,958
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	6	13,397	66.6
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	28	12,357	61.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	10	5,438	27.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	14	4,087	20.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	11	2,639	13.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	2,082	10.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	1,890	9.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	1,719	8.5
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	1,467	7.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	1,131	5.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	1,098	5.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,055	5.2
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	3	1,009	5.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	980	4.9
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	950	4.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	6	720	3.6
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	599	3.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	513	2.6
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	2	509	2.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	4	476	2.4
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	461	2.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	408	2.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	317	1.6
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	1	308	1.5
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	3	306	1.5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	304	1.5
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	280	1.4
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	247	1.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	245	1.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	180	0.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	173	0.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	135	0.7
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	134	0.7
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	125	0.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	90	0.4
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	84	0.4
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	77	0.4
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	62	0.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	60	0.3
Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	45	0.2
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	25	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	0	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Canadian and American Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	3	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	6	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	185	58,182

The population of the Bellingham, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 201,140 in 2010; in 2000 it was 166,814. The total population changed 20.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (58,182) included 28.9% of the total population in 2010.

Bellingham, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Whatcom County, Washington.

^* 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.