Florida

Religious Traditions, 2010

3,049,524	333,390	870,959	60,170	2,515,243	528,302	11,443,722
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^†
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	60	57,243	3.6
International Fellowship of Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	292	72,619	4.5
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	123	19,012	1.2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	26	4,908	0.3
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	12	1,201	0.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	81	22,545	1.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	192	58,690	3.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	509	72,540	4.5
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	835	0.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	25	3,302	0.2
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	47	7,476	0.5
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	5,303	0.3
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	143	0.0
Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	74	7,462	0.5
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	---	---	---
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	174	21,780	1.4
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	822	0.1
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	74	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	556	0.0
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	11	---	---
Separate Baptists in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	25	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2,054	1,292,097	80.8
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	52	---	---
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	527	2,596,148	162.4
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	---	---	---
United Catholic Church, Inc.	Catholic	Catholicism	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	621	0.0
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	13	3,074	0.2
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	490	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	6	3,350	0.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	11	---	---
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	33	24,798	1.6
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	502	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	15	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	600	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	120	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	525	0.0
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	17	2,561	0.2
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	2,460	0.2
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	---	---
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	2,150	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	500	0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	432	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	339	152,526	9.5
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	77	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	178	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	114	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	196	0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	269	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	26	2,458	0.2
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	237	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	16	2,148	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	8	1,140	0.1
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	24	0.0
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	24	1,138	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	26	3,394	0.2
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	7	255	0.0
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	144	16,989	1.1
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	114	14,107	0.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	244	44,208	2.8
Churches of Christ in Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	38	3,688	0.2
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	315	0.0
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	49	11,248	0.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	45	7,174	0.4
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Jewish	Other	Judaism	263	628,485	39.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	201	75,620	4.7
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	34	2,738	0.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	43	5,960	0.4
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	24	0.0
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	215	90,594	5.7
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	167	71,970	4.5
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	37	5,599	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	0	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	28	3,540	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	30	4,947	0.3
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	1,096	0.1
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	244	0.0
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	844	458,623	28.7
Unity of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	67	7,735	0.5
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	43	---	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	42	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	10	---	---
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	22	3,839	0.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	37	31,661	2.0
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	9	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	645	189,387	11.8
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	36	---	---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	567	101,188	6.3
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	132	6,472	0.4
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	49	4,302	0.3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	46	34,325	2.1
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	30	0.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	161	27,907	1.7
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	26	1,453	0.1
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	29	6,180	0.4
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	20	5,459	0.3
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	19	2,932	0.2
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	503	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	8	2,229	0.1
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	5,255	0.3
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	11	2,745	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	11	670	0.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	362	157,751	9.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	135	43,745	2.7
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	16	2,811	0.2
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	103	39,326	2.5
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	72	0.0
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
		Totals:	10,078	6,576,205

The population of Florida was 15,982,378 in 2000; in 1990 it was 12,937,926. The total population changed 23.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (6,576,205) included 41.1% of the total population in 2000.

^* 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.