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^†
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	53	12,531	24.4
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	41	7,967	15.5
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	41	7,312	14.2
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	38	81,703	158.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	37	5,990	11.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	18	1,678	3.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	18	6,684	13.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	2,323	4.5
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	14	---	---
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	12	1,587	3.1
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	10	698	1.4
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	---	---
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	3,358	6.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	7	1,970	3.8
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	605	1.2
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	1,577	3.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	7	1,423	2.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	274	0.5
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	5	234	0.5
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,221	2.4
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	4	---	---
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	157	0.3
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	116	0.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	3	519	1.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	360	0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	474	0.9
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	547	1.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	77	0.1
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	924	1.8
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	205	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	297	0.6
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	2	88	0.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	7	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	64	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	104	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	274	0.5
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	800	1.6
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	250	0.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	164	0.3
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	697	1.4
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	395	0.8
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	107	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	102	0.2
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	837	1.6
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	480	0.9
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	10	0.0
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	304	0.6
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	132	0.3
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	1,015	2.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	88	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	315	0.6
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	189	0.4
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	31	0.1
		Totals:	441	149,264

The population of the Portland-South Portland, ME, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 514,098 in 2010; in 2000 it was 487,568. The total population changed 5.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (149,264) included 29.0% of the total population in 2010.

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.