Lexington-Fayette, KY, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

133,605	9,874	48,393	900	32,079	8,178	239,070
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	115	67,839	143.7
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	13	32,079	67.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	38	26,977	57.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	48	25,770	54.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	37	11,567	24.5
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	37	11,217	23.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	25	5,597	11.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	5,151	10.9
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	4,997	10.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	10	4,918	10.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	18	4,530	9.6
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	12	4,217	8.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	16	3,452	7.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	25	2,657	5.6
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	2,160	4.6
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	2,011	4.3
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	1,707	3.6
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	1,418	3.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	11	1,351	2.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,137	2.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	1,117	2.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	1,083	2.3
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	940	2.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	907	1.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	839	1.8
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	3	770	1.6
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	676	1.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	652	1.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	586	1.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	2	533	1.1
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	500	1.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	490	1.0
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	437	0.9
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	364	0.8
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	311	0.7
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	4	282	0.6
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	255	0.5
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	250	0.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	205	0.4
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	120	0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	110	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	103	0.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	99	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	86	0.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	78	0.2
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	64	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	60	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	60	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	55	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	52	0.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	41	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	40	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	35	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	26	0.1
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	25	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	12	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	10	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	4	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
International Fellowship of Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	7	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	---	---
		Totals:	558	233,029

The population of the Lexington-Fayette, KY, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 472,099 in 2010; in 2000 it was 408,326. The total population changed 15.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (233,029) included 49.4% of the total population in 2010.

Lexington-Fayette, KY, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 6 counties: Bourbon County, Kentucky, Clark County, Kentucky, Fayette County, Kentucky, Jessamine County, Kentucky, Scott County, Kentucky, Woodford County, Kentucky.

^* 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.