Portland-South Portland, ME, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

20,227	404	36,037	1,213	81,703	9,680	364,834
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	117,055	240.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	56	15,332	31.4
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	44	9,391	19.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	39	7,371	15.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	18	6,751	13.8
Jewish	Other	Judaism	4	6,150	12.6
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	2,385	4.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	2,140	4.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	7	2,046	4.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,922	3.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	18	1,679	3.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	1,623	3.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	8	1,547	3.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	1,389	2.8
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,165	2.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	1,092	2.2
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	935	1.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	778	1.6
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	695	1.4
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	625	1.3
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	1	609	1.2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	550	1.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	5	428	0.9
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	350	0.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	304	0.6
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	300	0.6
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	300	0.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	286	0.6
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	5	265	0.5
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	263	0.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	210	0.4
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	159	0.3
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	159	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	153	0.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	115	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	100	0.2
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	71	0.1
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	69	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	46	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	46	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	37	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	31	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	13	0.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	7	0.0
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	0	---
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	0	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	365	186,942

The population of the Portland-South Portland, ME, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 487,568 in 2000; in 1990 it was 441,257. The total population changed 10.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (186,942) included 38.3% of the total population in 2000.

Portland-South Portland, ME, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 3 counties: Cumberland County, Maine, Sagadahoc County, Maine, York County, Maine.

^* 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.