Delaware
Religious Traditions, 2010
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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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+0 |
+52 |
+472.7% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-1 |
+85 |
+354.2% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
+1 |
+77 |
+256.7% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+0 |
+64 |
+206.5% |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
+2 |
+3,433 |
+93.0% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
+5 |
+2,072 |
+75.1% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+1 |
+103 |
+74.1% |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
+0 |
+134 |
+71.3% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+4 |
+105 |
+56.1% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+3 |
+1,912 |
+50.2% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-1 |
+29 |
+38.2% |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+1 |
+33 |
+33.7% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
+7 |
+799 |
+32.1% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
-1 |
+30,792 |
+20.3% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+14 |
+1,077 |
+17.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
+1 |
+120 |
+16.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+2 |
+150 |
+13.0% |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+0 |
+62 |
+12.2% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+2 |
+103 |
+11.7% |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
-1 |
+28 |
+11.2% |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+0 |
+100 |
+10.5% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-1 |
+44 |
+8.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+1 |
+67 |
+5.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+0 |
+120 |
+3.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
+0 |
-119 |
-1.8% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-1 |
-56 |
-1.9% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+2 |
-59 |
-3.3% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-1 |
-22 |
-6.5% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
+0 |
-148 |
-6.5% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-4 |
-5,815 |
-9.8% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+0 |
-37 |
-12.1% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
+2 |
-778 |
-14.2% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-1 |
-51 |
-15.9% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
+0 |
-2,185 |
-16.8% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
+1 |
-271 |
-16.9% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
+0 |
-44 |
-19.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+1 |
-778 |
-19.8% |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+1 |
-136 |
-29.8% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+0 |
-228 |
-30.3% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-1 |
-4,973 |
-33.4% |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+1 |
-175 |
-38.9% |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
+0 |
-28 |
-40.0% |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-2 |
-373 |
-42.2% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+0 |
-136 |
-55.5% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+0 |
-1,526 |
-73.5% |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+0 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Elim Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+0 |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
+0 |
--- |
--- |
| Swedenborgian Church |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:
| +37 |
+23,623 |
+8% |
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The population of Delaware was 897,934 in 2010; in 2000 it was 783,600. The total population changed 14.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (374,917) included 41.8% of the total population in 2010.
The population of Delaware was 783,600 in 2000; in 1990 it was 666,168. The total population changed 17.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (318,122) included 40.6% of the total population in 2000.
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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.
