Boise City, ID, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

79,871	252	26,956	420	49,605	103,093	356,364
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^†
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	211	97,603	158.3
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	21	49,605	80.5
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	65	25,832	41.9
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	15	12,639	20.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	23	11,035	17.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	26	9,509	15.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	7,335	11.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	20	4,371	7.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	17	4,323	7.0
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	3,652	5.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	8	3,145	5.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	11	3,078	5.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	8	3,031	4.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	11	2,890	4.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	2,733	4.4
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	10	1,847	3.0
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	6	1,728	2.8
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	1,562	2.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,297	2.1
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	4	1,271	2.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,229	2.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	1,193	1.9
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	924	1.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	781	1.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	632	1.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	599	1.0
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	575	0.9
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	435	0.7
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	425	0.7
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	351	0.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	343	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	343	0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	307	0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	305	0.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	300	0.5
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	271	0.4
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	252	0.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	250	0.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	219	0.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	218	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	182	0.3
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	154	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	140	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	130	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	128	0.2
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	124	0.2
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	111	0.2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	109	0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	79	0.1
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	60	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	50	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	46	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	36	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	24	0.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	24	0.0
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	24	0.0
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	23	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	16	0.0
Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	15	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	4	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	2	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	10	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
		Totals:	621	260,197

The population of the Boise City, ID, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 616,561 in 2010; in 2000 it was 464,840. The total population changed 32.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (260,197) included 42.2% of the total population in 2010.

Boise City, ID, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 5 counties: Ada County, Idaho, Boise County, Idaho, Canyon County, Idaho, Gem County, Idaho, Owyhee County, Idaho.

^* 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.