Kentucky

Religious Traditions, 2010

1,448,947	64,958	305,955	2,133	359,783	55,938	2,101,653
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	% Change
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+96	+24,413	+2.5%
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	+17	+6,427	+136.9%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	+11	+14,025	+78.1%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+9	+7,644	+22.8%
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+6	+3,086	+192.5%
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+4	+921	+110.8%
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	+4	+1,839	+31.2%
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+3	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+2	+4,366	+203.0%
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+2	+234	+98.3%
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+2	-5,166	-25.3%
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+2	+538	+30.8%
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	+1	-4	-0.1%
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+1	-333	-21.0%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+1	+12	+16.7%
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+1	-179	-42.4%
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+1	-601	-48.4%
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	+0	+16	+133.3%
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+0	-15	-55.6%
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+0	-7,525	-25.0%
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+0	+124	+182.4%
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+0	-21	-6.4%
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	+0	+185	+48.3%
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+0	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	+0	+422	+555.3%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	+0	+1,525	+158.4%
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	+108	+120.0%
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+0	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+0	+198	+37.9%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	+0	-749	-11.5%
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	+11	+15.3%
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	-82	-27.6%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	+0	+189	+62.0%
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	-1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-1	---	---
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	-1	-59	-18.3%
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-1	-333	-38.9%
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	-1	-28	-11.5%
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-1	-15	-10.7%
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-1	+1,424	+41.5%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	-1	+251	+23.2%
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-2	-2,659	-41.7%
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	-2	+80	+12.6%
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-2	-31	-6.0%
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	-2	-49	-46.7%
Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-2	-317	-29.7%
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-2	-2,032	-49.4%
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-3	-66	-6.2%
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	-4	-12,577	-18.6%
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-4	-1,293	-11.9%
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	-5	-276	-45.0%
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-5	-1,995	-10.1%
Enterprise Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-5	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	-5	-2,065	-10.7%
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-5	-3,035	-34.6%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-6	-8,716	-23.6%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-7	-1,355	-11.8%
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-8	-411	-8.4%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	-8	-3,044	-32.1%
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-14	-1,214	-2.1%
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	-15	-46,238	-11.4%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-23	+30,603	+28.7%
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	-77	-19,124	-9.2%
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Ambassadors Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Berea Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
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 God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Churches of Christ in Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America	Black Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
International Fellowship of Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Mennonite Christian Fellowship*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Midwest Beachy Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
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	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
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	---	---	---
		Totals:	-51	-22,966	-1%

The population of Kentucky was 4,339,367 in 2010; in 2000 it was 4,041,769. The total population changed 7.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,237,714) included 51.6% of the total population in 2010.

The population of Kentucky was 4,041,769 in 2000; in 1990 it was 3,685,296. The total population changed 9.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,159,541) included 53.4% 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.