Minnesota

Religious Traditions, 2010

744,910	16,396	974,156	8,057	1,150,367	92,564	2,317,475
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	768	1,110,071	253.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1,207	823,372	188.2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	452	215,564	49.3
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	426	142,771	32.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	201	66,715	15.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	149	58,908	13.5
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	158	55,497	12.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	194	39,877	9.1
Jewish	Other	Judaism	26	33,779	7.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	126	31,980	7.3
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	142	31,946	7.3
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	29,943	6.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	118	20,627	4.7
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	85	17,644	4.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	48	14,576	3.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	39	12,649	2.9
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	85	12,420	2.8
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	9,325	2.1
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	26	8,910	2.0
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	11	8,820	2.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	30	8,313	1.9
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	8,260	1.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	52	6,890	1.6
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	65	6,874	1.6
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	29	6,158	1.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	24	5,669	1.3
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	32	5,218	1.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	42	4,781	1.1
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	25	4,380	1.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	3,255	0.7
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	21	2,923	0.7
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	15	2,755	0.6
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	14	2,603	0.6
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	17	2,451	0.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	11	2,282	0.5
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	23	2,250	0.5
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,862	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	14	1,542	0.4
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	1,465	0.3
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	1,313	0.3
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	8	1,200	0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	10	970	0.2
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	2	949	0.2
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	11	935	0.2
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	691	0.2
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	13	680	0.2
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	607	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	13	593	0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	525	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	427	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	417	0.1
Hutterian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Communal	4	400	0.1
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	382	0.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	318	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	291	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	10	252	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	245	0.1
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	209	0.0
Berean Fundamental Church	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	151	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	130	0.0
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1	123	0.0
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	96	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	86	0.0
Advent Christian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	60	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	34	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	9	0.0
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	27	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	---	---
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	6	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	6	---	---
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
		Totals:	4,981	2,837,418

The population of Minnesota was 4,375,099 in 1990; in 1980 it was 4,075,970. The total population changed 7.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,837,418) included 64.9% of the total population in 1990.

^* 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.