Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

72,581	1,554	45,345	370	8,238	3,219	233,601
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^†
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	117	24,114	66.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	84	7,171	19.8
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	59	19,471	53.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	53	4,568	12.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	53	27,724	76.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	34	6,376	17.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	26	2,792	7.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	24	7,365	20.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	22	4,364	12.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	17	1,668	4.6
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	15	10,712	29.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	945	2.6
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	620	1.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	1,649	4.6
Enterprise Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	414	1.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	5	1,936	5.3
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	286	0.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	4	1,838	5.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	175	0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	4	1,349	3.7
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	73	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	149	0.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	3	240	0.7
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	122	0.3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	2	1,603	4.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	34	0.1
Jewish	Other	Judaism	2	250	0.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	361	1.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	125	0.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	254	0.7
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.6
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	6	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	35	0.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	154	0.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	60	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	50	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	76	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	150	0.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	1,500	4.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	52	0.1
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	1	609	1.7
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	43	0.1
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	73	0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	12	0.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	143	0.4
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	0	52	0.1
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
		Totals:	598	131,963

The population of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 362,346 in 2000; in 1990 it was 352,406. The total population changed 2.8%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (131,963) included 36.4% of the total population in 2000.

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 7 counties: Boyd County, Kentucky, Cabell County, West Virginia, Greenup County, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Ohio, Lincoln County, West Virginia, Putnam County, West Virginia, Wayne County, West Virginia.

^* 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.