Texas

Religious Traditions, 2010

6,456,168	345,998	1,553,959	32,453	4,673,500	932,486	11,150,997
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	1,348	4,673,500	185.9
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8,133	3,721,318	148.0
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	3,685	1,546,542	61.5
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1,967	1,035,168	41.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	166	421,972	16.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2,042	351,129	14.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	577	296,141	11.8
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1,322	275,565	11.0
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	507	155,046	6.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	377	148,439	5.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	345	132,508	5.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	362	111,647	4.4
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	140	89,050	3.5
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	393	77,545	3.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	383	74,817	3.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	367	74,055	2.9
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	133	59,529	2.4
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	95	49,874	2.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	269	47,709	1.9
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	301	44,836	1.8
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	247	43,839	1.7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	136	40,078	1.6
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	264	39,354	1.6
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	157	37,986	1.5
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	42	36,550	1.5
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	170	34,039	1.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	36	33,990	1.4
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	64	23,761	0.9
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	20	23,109	0.9
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	47	20,936	0.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	90	17,959	0.7
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	13	17,889	0.7
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	62	17,464	0.7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	147	15,576	0.6
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	64	13,486	0.5
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	124	13,486	0.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	30	13,461	0.5
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	68	13,235	0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	19	12,167	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	85	11,047	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	33	8,527	0.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	30	8,410	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	49	8,107	0.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	15	7,172	0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	38	6,828	0.3
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	41	6,355	0.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	48	5,465	0.2
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	21	5,348	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	42	4,450	0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	86	3,990	0.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	12	3,866	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	87	3,610	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	24	3,119	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	48	3,111	0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	2,883	0.1
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	2,857	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	23	2,781	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	16	2,765	0.1
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	8	2,683	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	17	2,657	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	12	2,433	0.1
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	41	2,396	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	13	2,169	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	21	1,864	0.1
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	1,845	0.1
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	1,416	0.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	13	1,393	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	1,375	0.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	11	1,327	0.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	1,320	0.1
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	28	1,280	0.1
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	5	1,260	0.1
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	23	1,233	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	13	1,157	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	3	1,095	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	1,068	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	7	1,022	0.0
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	1,000	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	31	968	0.0
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	16	929	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	824	0.0
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	600	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	5	515	0.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	512	0.0
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	8	403	0.0
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	356	0.0
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	309	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	265	0.0
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	223	0.0
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	210	0.0
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	148	0.0
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	135	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	118	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	106	0.0
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	5	98	0.0
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	75	0.0
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	72	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	67	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	65	0.0
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	52	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	46	0.0
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	29	0.0
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	9	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	111	---	---
Assemblies of God International Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	8	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	57	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	4	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A.	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	64	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	70	---	---
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	18	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	22	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	---	---
Churches of Christ in Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America	Black Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	19	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	11	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	52	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	3	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	4	---	---
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	258	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	426	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	8	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	4	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	13	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	26	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	3	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	27	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church Hanover Presbytery	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	24	---	---
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	5	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	656	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	43	---	---
Unity of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	26	---	---
		Totals:	27,848	13,994,564

The population of Texas was 25,145,561 in 2010; in 2000 it was 20,851,753. The total population changed 20.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (13,994,564) included 55.7% of the total population in 2010.

^* 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.