San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

151,293	2,552	45,310	7,720	478,474	126,369	1,025,193
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	59	478,474	260.5
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	132	78,074	42.5
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	5	31,340	17.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	48	25,890	14.1
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	43	19,243	10.5
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	17	18,851	10.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	33	17,029	9.3
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	72	16,619	9.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	47	15,974	8.7
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	12	10,096	5.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	26	8,447	4.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	25	8,105	4.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	22	8,104	4.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	6,677	3.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	21	5,439	3.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	4,887	2.7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	13	3,755	2.0
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	3,610	2.0
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	8	3,128	1.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	15	2,921	1.6
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	2,700	1.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	2,593	1.4
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	10	2,315	1.3
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	2,024	1.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	16	2,003	1.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	1,890	1.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	10	1,876	1.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,820	1.0
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	1,690	0.9
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	10	1,644	0.9
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,600	0.9
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	8	1,500	0.8
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,451	0.8
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	15	1,446	0.8
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	1,357	0.7
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	993	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	4	987	0.5
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	9	925	0.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	903	0.5
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	870	0.5
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	9	857	0.5
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	850	0.5
Vicariate for the Palestinian/Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	750	0.4
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	704	0.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	685	0.4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	8	612	0.3
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	593	0.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	566	0.3
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	8	543	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	444	0.2
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	444	0.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	350	0.2
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	350	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	350	0.2
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	347	0.2
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	11	314	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	312	0.2
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	308	0.2
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	308	0.2
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	305	0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	300	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	296	0.2
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	257	0.1
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	240	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	232	0.1
Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	181	0.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	158	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	156	0.1
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	144	0.1
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	123	0.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	111	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	104	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	86	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	52	0.0
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	36	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	3	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	3	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	8	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	3	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	16	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	15	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	8	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
		Totals:	959	811,718

The population of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,836,911 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,735,819. The total population changed 5.8%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (811,718) included 44.2% of the total population in 2010.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 2 counties: San Benito County, California, Santa Clara County, California.

^* 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.