Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

44,577	4,634	29,492	275	36,819	6,883	203,909
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^†
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	45	23,713	72.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	32	9,152	28.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	19	9,368	28.7
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	16	36,819	112.7
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	15	4,821	14.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	14	1,808	5.5
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	9	---	---
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	2,531	7.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	665	2.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	884	2.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	615	1.9
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	1,667	5.1
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	7	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	6	985	3.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	6	1,992	6.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	1,706	5.2
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	5	2,831	8.7
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	346	1.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	4	1,906	5.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	1,144	3.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	246	0.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	859	2.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	3,667	11.2
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	1,365	4.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	823	2.5
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	172	0.5
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	270	0.8
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	487	1.5
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	325	1.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	370	1.1
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	326	1.0
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	304	0.9
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	2	102	0.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	155	0.5
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	2	---	---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	337	1.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	171	0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	307	0.9
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	174	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	77	0.2
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	146	0.4
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	2	2,563	7.8
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	124	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	399	1.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	579	1.8
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	45	0.1
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	90	0.3
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	66	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	80	0.2
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	167	0.5
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	300	0.9
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	52	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	275	0.8
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	350	1.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	77	0.2
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	12	0.0
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	577	1.8
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	167	0.5
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	1,943	5.9
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	37	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	28	0.1
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	67	0.2
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	251	0.8
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	720	2.2
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	72	0.2
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	3	0.0
		Totals:	343	122,680

The population of the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 326,589 in 2010; in 2000 it was 314,866. The total population changed 3.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (122,680) included 37.6% of the total population in 2010.

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 2 counties: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Van Buren County, Michigan.

^* 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.