Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

380,653	25,790	102,117	7,084	281,867	69,717	1,267,183
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	136	128,009	77.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	73	52,926	32.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	63	11,191	6.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	61	28,957	17.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	47	17,008	10.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	6,576	4.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	43	25,364	15.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	38	7,204	4.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	34	217,207	132.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	27	9,046	5.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	27	14,679	8.9
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	26	4,207	2.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	25	10,929	6.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	22	2,579	1.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	19	920	0.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	19	9,387	5.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	17	11,724	7.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	16	6,352	3.9
Jewish	Other	Judaism	15	15,830	9.6
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	12	1,618	1.0
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	12	4,504	2.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	11	3,339	2.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	3,138	1.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	8	884	0.5
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	7	---	---
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	3,965	2.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	7	11,985	7.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	722	0.4
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	946	0.6
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	532	0.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	6	486	0.3
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	578	0.4
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	1,145	0.7
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	573	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	5	559	0.3
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	217	0.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	4	369	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	715	0.4
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	4	2,691	1.6
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	699	0.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	269	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	253	0.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	315	0.2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	375	0.2
Jain	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	3	483	0.3
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	488	0.3
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	105	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	180	0.1
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	499	0.3
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	255	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	280	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	68	0.0
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	337	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	536	0.3
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	0	---
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	280	0.2
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	67	0.0
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	102	0.1
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	30	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,185	0.7
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	1,473	0.9
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	75	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	155	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	575	0.3
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	146	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	174	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	0	---
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	300	0.2
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A.	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
International Fellowship of Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
United Catholic Church, Inc.	Catholic	Catholicism	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	969	628,765

The population of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,644,561 in 2000; in 1990 it was 1,224,852. The total population changed 34.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (628,765) included 38.2% of the total population in 2000.

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 4 counties: Lake County, Florida, Orange County, Florida, Osceola County, Florida, Seminole County, Florida.

^* 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.