Chico, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

22,822	475	6,272	280	34,101	11,031	145,019
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	7	34,101	155.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	16	9,357	42.5
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	21	4,392	20.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	4,073	18.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	3,305	15.0
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	16	2,296	10.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	1,943	8.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	1,840	8.4
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	1,607	7.3
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	1	1,109	5.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	2	1,088	4.9
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	1,085	4.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	946	4.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	805	3.7
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	761	3.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	4	661	3.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	515	2.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	452	2.1
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	398	1.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	373	1.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	354	1.6
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	345	1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	345	1.6
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	268	1.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	256	1.2
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	240	1.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	218	1.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	3	216	1.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	184	0.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	182	0.8
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	178	0.8
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	178	0.8
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	158	0.7
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	119	0.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	100	0.5
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	79	0.4
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	62	0.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	51	0.2
Mennonite Christian Fellowship*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	41	0.2
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	40	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	36	0.2
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	32	0.1
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	32	0.1
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	29	0.1
Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	21	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	20	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	0	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	0	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	3	---	---
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	7	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	202	74,981

The population of the Chico, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 220,000 in 2010; in 2000 it was 203,171. The total population changed 8.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (74,981) included 34.1% of the total population in 2010.

Chico, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Butte County, California.

^* 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.