Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

62,686	7,069	97,446	1,930	77,925	22,060	280,359
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	27	77,925	141.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	129	43,161	78.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	75	29,079	52.9
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	85	17,737	32.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	30	11,252	20.5
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	53	8,512	15.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	19	7,942	14.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	30	7,014	12.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	5,820	10.6
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	8	4,682	8.5
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	4,500	8.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	3,550	6.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	9	3,362	6.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	6	3,173	5.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	6	2,872	5.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	16	2,839	5.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	19	2,388	4.3
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	2,174	4.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	2,060	3.7
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	10	2,023	3.7
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	15	1,826	3.3
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	1,781	3.2
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	1,742	3.2
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	1,615	2.9
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	1,328	2.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	1,261	2.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	9	1,197	2.2
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	1,018	1.9
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	1,016	1.8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,000	1.8
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	958	1.7
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	940	1.7
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	909	1.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	834	1.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	823	1.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	745	1.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	677	1.2
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	670	1.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	599	1.1
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	569	1.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	7	531	1.0
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	456	0.8
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	453	0.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	412	0.7
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	363	0.7
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	355	0.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	263	0.5
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	260	0.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	211	0.4
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	188	0.3
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	182	0.3
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	161	0.3
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	155	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	152	0.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	136	0.2
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	127	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	117	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	109	0.2
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	105	0.2
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	1	102	0.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	97	0.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.2
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	87	0.2
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	80	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	77	0.1
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	52	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	38	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	35	0.1
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	28	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	21	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	26	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	8	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	763	269,116

The population of the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 549,475 in 2010; in 2000 it was 509,074. The total population changed 7.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (269,116) included 49.0% of the total population in 2010.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 3 counties: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Perry County, Pennsylvania.

^* 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.