Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

104,917	12,664	93,351	1,138	187,076	28,507	437,697
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	93	187,076	216.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	56	35,602	41.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	77	29,896	34.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	43	25,326	29.3
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	60	15,928	18.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	32	13,404	15.5
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	36	12,238	14.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	13	11,622	13.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	45	11,560	13.4
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	12	8,852	10.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	23	8,465	9.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	6,767	7.8
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	9	6,124	7.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	17	5,501	6.4
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	4,616	5.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	21	3,589	4.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	12	3,589	4.1
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	5	3,392	3.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	14	2,729	3.2
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	15	2,237	2.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	11	2,215	2.6
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	2,061	2.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	1,963	2.3
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	10	1,890	2.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	1,765	2.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,716	2.0
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	1,380	1.6
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	9	1,365	1.6
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	1,301	1.5
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,290	1.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	1,173	1.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,157	1.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	1,071	1.2
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	693	0.8
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	675	0.8
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	525	0.6
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	2	525	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	467	0.5
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	430	0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	425	0.5
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	386	0.4
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	385	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	339	0.4
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	315	0.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	308	0.4
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	299	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	258	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	252	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	236	0.3
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	223	0.3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	217	0.3
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	189	0.2
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	187	0.2
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	166	0.2
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	158	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	143	0.2
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	126	0.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	123	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	113	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	111	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	103	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	81	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	80	0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	65	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	52	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	48	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	25	0.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	23	0.0
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	15	0.0
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	15	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	10	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	2	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A.	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	3	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	12	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	15	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
		Totals:	815	427,653

The population of the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 865,350 in 2010; in 2000 it was 767,041. The total population changed 12.8%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (427,653) included 49.4% of the total population in 2010.

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 8 counties: Cass County, Nebraska, Douglas County, Nebraska, Harrison County, Iowa, Mills County, Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Sarpy County, Nebraska, Saunders County, Nebraska, Washington County, Nebraska.

^* 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.