Columbus, OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

224,154	20,445	182,024	5,474	220,175	57,114	1,192,588
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	110	170,074	128.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	326	112,788	85.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	91	46,395	35.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	70	36,536	27.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	61	23,719	17.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	47	17,382	13.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	55	16,520	12.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	42	12,083	9.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	29	11,373	8.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	18	9,799	7.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	18	7,941	6.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	17	5,769	4.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	20	5,292	4.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	37	5,275	4.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	8	3,740	2.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	16	3,059	2.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	3,002	2.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	19	2,957	2.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	2,638	2.0
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	6	2,622	2.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	1,248	0.9
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	8	1,210	0.9
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,093	0.8
Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	1,065	0.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	1,060	0.8
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	990	0.7
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Other Groups	12	798	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	3	731	0.6
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	543	0.4
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	476	0.4
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	449	0.3
Jewish	Other	Judaism	2	440	0.3
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	343	0.3
Advent Christian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	4	337	0.3
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	282	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	212	0.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	181	0.1
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	164	0.1
Mennonite Church, The General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	145	0.1
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1	131	0.1
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	115	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	106	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	104	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	76	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	65	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	51	0.0
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	40	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	39	0.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	37	0.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	34	0.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	34	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	33	0.0
Christ Catholic Church	Evangelical Protestant	Catholicism	1	6	0.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
		Totals:	1,099	511,602

The population of the Columbus, OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,325,649 in 1980. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (511,602) included 38.6% of the total population in 1980.

Columbus, OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 10 counties: Delaware County, Ohio, Fairfield County, Ohio, Franklin County, Ohio, Hocking County, Ohio, Licking County, Ohio, Madison County, Ohio, Morrow County, Ohio, Perry County, Ohio, Pickaway County, Ohio, Union County, Ohio.

^* 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.