Madison, WI, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

43,333	779	94,108	445	130,701	13,117	322,952
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	55	130,701	215.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	71	57,288	94.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	50	15,665	25.9
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	51	10,049	16.6
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	25	9,040	14.9
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	22	7,983	13.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	16	6,992	11.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	12	6,515	10.8
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	22	5,269	8.7
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	5	3,917	6.5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	9	2,917	4.8
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	2,616	4.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	3	2,328	3.8
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	8	2,154	3.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	14	1,860	3.1
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	1,790	3.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	1,646	2.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	8	1,527	2.5
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	930	1.5
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	745	1.2
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	736	1.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	697	1.2
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	5	589	1.0
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	531	0.9
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	503	0.8
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	2	475	0.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	411	0.7
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	411	0.7
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	2	410	0.7
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	6	381	0.6
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	3	373	0.6
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	351	0.6
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	338	0.6
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	332	0.5
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	326	0.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	300	0.5
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	299	0.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	248	0.4
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	238	0.4
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	224	0.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	220	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	212	0.4
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	181	0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	165	0.3
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	164	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	157	0.3
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	142	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	138	0.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	135	0.2
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	130	0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	115	0.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	109	0.2
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	109	0.2
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	73	0.1
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	60	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	58	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	50	0.1
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	42	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	39	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	35	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	25	0.0
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	10	0.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	8	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	1	0.0
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	2	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	8	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	12	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
		Totals:	533	282,483

The population of the Madison, WI, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 605,435 in 2010; in 2000 it was 535,421. The total population changed 13.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (282,483) included 46.7% of the total population in 2010.

Madison, WI, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 4 counties: Columbia County, Wisconsin, Dane County, Wisconsin, Green County, Wisconsin, Iowa County, Wisconsin.

^* 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.