Manchester-Nashua, NH, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

20,588		17,794	2,990	124,993	7,365	226,991
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	44	173,365	455.2
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	8,229	21.6
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	11	2,292	6.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	3,791	10.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	8	4,233	11.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	1,146	3.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	1,908	5.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	1,495	3.9
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	880	2.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	5	1,237	3.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	549	1.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	4,860	12.8
Jewish	Other	Judaism	4	6,000	15.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	1,016	2.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	1,234	3.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	722	1.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,339	3.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	3	330	0.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	796	2.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	170	0.4
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	197	0.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	887	2.3
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	163	0.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	396	1.0
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	64	0.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	316	0.8
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	1,562	4.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	386	1.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	103	0.3
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	54	0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	65	0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	300	0.8
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	800	2.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	36	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	69	0.2
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	45	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	101	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	161	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	123	0.3
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	---	---	---
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	189	221,420

The population of the Manchester-Nashua, NH, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 380,841 in 2000; in 1990 it was 336,073. The total population changed 13.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (221,420) included 58.1% of the total population in 2000.

Manchester-Nashua, NH, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

^* 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.