St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

480,735	59,559	204,029	7,785	555,744	64,876	1,414,973
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	258	555,744	199.4
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	378	171,701	61.6
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	304	107,531	38.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	154	97,959	35.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	183	73,651	26.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	142	52,174	18.7
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	49	30,037	10.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	65	22,499	8.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	41	21,556	7.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	78	20,707	7.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	40	17,133	6.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	46	16,422	5.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	112	15,791	5.7
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	9	14,328	5.1
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	19	11,860	4.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	34	11,670	4.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	81	10,727	3.8
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	41	8,645	3.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	31	7,920	2.8
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	43	7,626	2.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	34	6,915	2.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	44	6,572	2.4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	13	6,521	2.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	24	5,813	2.1
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	12	5,649	2.0
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	28	4,810	1.7
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	17	4,806	1.7
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	6	4,709	1.7
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	13	4,495	1.6
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	13	4,111	1.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	3,900	1.4
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	3,659	1.3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	2,981	1.1
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	10	2,493	0.9
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	9	2,410	0.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	27	2,008	0.7
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,700	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	4	1,615	0.6
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	14	1,522	0.5
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	11	1,406	0.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	3	1,393	0.5
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	1,297	0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	15	1,272	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	1,139	0.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	1,095	0.4
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	8	992	0.4
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	990	0.4
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	930	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	847	0.3
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	769	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	660	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	632	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	609	0.2
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	500	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	457	0.2
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	453	0.2
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	400	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	381	0.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	378	0.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	336	0.1
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	288	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	284	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	275	0.1
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	261	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	250	0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	248	0.1
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	194	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	6	178	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	158	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	146	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	142	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	128	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	117	0.0
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	100	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	93	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	90	0.0
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	85	0.0
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	62	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	62	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	43	0.0
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	42	0.0
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	40	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	32	0.0
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	32	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	20	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	19	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	17	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	16	0.0
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	4	---	---
Assemblies of God International Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	0	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	5	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A.	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	19	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	11	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	14	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	8	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	43	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	2	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	63	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
		Totals:	2,767	1,372,728

The population of the St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 2,787,701 in 2010; in 2000 it was 2,675,343. The total population changed 4.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,372,728) included 49.2% of the total population in 2010.

St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 15 counties: Bond County, Illinois, Calhoun County, Illinois, Clinton County, Illinois, Franklin County, Missouri, Jefferson County, Missouri, Jersey County, Illinois, Lincoln County, Missouri, Macoupin County, Illinois, Madison County, Illinois, Monroe County, Illinois, St. Charles County, Missouri, St. Clair County, Illinois, St. Louis city, Missouri, St. Louis County, Missouri, Warren County, Missouri.

^* 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.