Pennsylvania

Religious Traditions, 2010

1,078,477	114,337	1,773,491	61,042	3,503,028	308,065	5,863,939
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	----	51	42,992	3.5
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	117	16,766	1.4
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	16	1,100	0.1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	435	132,858	10.8
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	62	15,833	1.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	128	23,938	1.9
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	137	10,097	0.8
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	57	9,256	0.8
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	16	3,407	0.3
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	64	10,320	0.8
General Six Principle Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	25	0.0
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	1,646	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	363	0.0
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	1	286	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	13	2,700	0.2
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	16	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	226	44,432	3.6
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	14	---	---
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	1,624	3,802,524	309.6
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Hutterian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Communal	---	---	---
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	35	8,652	0.7
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	20	8,938	0.7
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,050	0.1
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	5,260	0.4
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	220	0.0
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Georgian Orthodox Parishes in the United States	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	37	24,246	2.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	1,113	0.1
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	182	0.0
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	800	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	900	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	78	12,382	1.0
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	750	0.1
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	7	837	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	8	---	---
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	350	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	11	---	---
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	10	5,642	0.5
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	---	---
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	25	10,692	0.9
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	413	116,511	9.5
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Amish; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	8	682	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	74	0.0
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	83	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	15	2,090	0.2
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	18	1,485	0.1
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	102	16,618	1.4
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	264	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	471	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	236	52,684	4.3
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	1,022	0.1
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	31	3,172	0.3
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	92	11,844	1.0
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Maranatha Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Mennonite Christian Fellowship*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	319	48,215	3.9
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	105	8,718	0.7
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	306	25,340	2.1
Old Order Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	61	12,246	1.0
Old Order River Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	477	0.0
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	158	0.0
Schwenkfelder Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
United Zion Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Bible Fellowship Church	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	254	45,926	3.7
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	96	14,425	1.2
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	156	27,492	2.2
Churches of Christ in Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	99	6,741	0.5
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	9	660	0.1
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	99	30,153	2.5
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	92	21,007	1.7
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Jewish	Other	Judaism	197	283,000	23.0
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	102	31,032	2.5
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	16	1,436	0.1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	36	6,778	0.6
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	1,361	0.1
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1,343	611,913	49.8
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	88	21,015	1.7
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	531	0.0
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	55	1,065	0.1
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Congregational Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	13	1,149	0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	58	15,273	1.2
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	26	10,093	0.8
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	44	2,669	0.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2,442	659,350	53.7
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	10	1,584	0.1
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	30	---	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	18	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	7	---	---
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	5	420	0.0
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	57	71,190	5.8
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	374	84,153	6.9
Assemblies of God International Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	---	---
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	112	16,918	1.4
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	41	2,057	0.2
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	24	3,044	0.2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	17	13,928	1.1
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	16	1,624	0.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	75	0.0
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	426	0.0
American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	148	0.0
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Canadian and American Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	268	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	156	22,692	1.8
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	1,060	0.1
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	15	3,034	0.2
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	122	0.0
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	1,063	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	4	873	0.1
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	15	955	0.1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	35	3,919	0.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1,083	324,714	26.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	94	21,350	1.7
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	11	3,204	0.3
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	53	0.0
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	735	241,844	19.7
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	---	---	---
		Totals:	13,105	7,116,698

The population of Pennsylvania was 12,281,054 in 2000; in 1990 it was 11,881,643. The total population changed 3.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (7,116,698) included 57.9% 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.