Rochester, NY, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

77,397	9,998	94,223	2,788	256,572	31,339	607,354
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^†
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	138	43,401	40.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	106	32,353	30.0
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	95	256,572	237.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	77	16,496	15.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	62	19,460	18.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	38	7,416	6.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	31	3,864	3.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	29	10,782	10.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	26	5,317	4.9
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	22	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	19	1,337	1.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	17	8,644	8.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	3,381	3.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	13	6,572	6.1
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	---	---
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	12	2,023	1.9
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	1,527	1.4
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	---	---
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	10	2,517	2.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	647	0.6
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	9	1,599	1.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	1,678	1.6
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	9	4,487	4.2
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	1,551	1.4
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	8	629	0.6
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	8	1,109	1.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	7	1,163	1.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	707	0.7
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	6	---	---
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	6	9,133	8.5
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	2,600	2.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	5,114	4.7
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,190	1.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	144	0.1
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	4	314	0.3
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	723	0.7
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	4	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	4	1,557	1.4
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	3	996	0.9
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	3	69	0.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	427	0.4
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	808	0.7
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	3	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	2,805	2.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	204	0.2
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	3	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	83	0.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	491	0.5
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	403	0.4
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	369	0.3
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	1,627	1.5
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	1,050	1.0
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	272	0.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	675	0.6
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	35	0.0
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	2	500	0.5
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	2	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	215	0.2
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	1,269	1.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	603	0.6
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	350	0.3
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	75	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	0	---
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	82	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	155	0.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	158	0.1
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	118	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	104	0.1
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	174	0.2
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	340	0.3
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	100	0.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	65	0.1
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.1
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	1	---	---
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	233	0.2
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	180	0.2
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	85	0.1
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	400	0.4
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	166	0.2
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	250	0.2
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	106	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	8	0.0
		Totals:	983	472,317

The population of the Rochester, NY, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,079,671 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,062,452. The total population changed 1.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (472,317) included 43.7% of the total population in 2010.

Rochester, NY, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 6 counties: Livingston County, New York, Monroe County, New York, Ontario County, New York, Orleans County, New York, Wayne County, New York, Yates County, New York.

^* 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.