West Virginia

Religious Traditions, 2010

249,756	11,505	274,766	2,776	95,849	23,661	1,194,681
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^†
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1,197	136,929	73.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	381	88,193	47.6
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	312	71,205	38.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	287	22,167	12.0
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	232	42,834	23.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	196	19,689	10.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	178	21,740	11.7
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	174	9,161	4.9
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	139	95,849	51.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	125	18,305	9.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	118	15,473	8.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	88	10,927	5.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	79	4,689	2.5
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	77	7,727	4.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	67	8,529	4.6
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	59	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	53	4,277	2.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	52	12,809	6.9
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	51	---	---
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	43	3,396	1.8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	41	7,955	4.3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	38	16,710	9.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	27	685	0.4
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	26	1,348	0.7
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	23	2,748	1.5
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	22	5,341	2.9
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	22	2,394	1.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	19	2,212	1.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	18	963	0.5
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	18	---	---
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	16	2,561	1.4
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	14	---	---
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	12	817	0.4
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	11	1,701	0.9
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	373	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	845	0.5
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	---	---
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	563	0.3
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	273	0.1
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	7	1,908	1.0
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	6	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	6	892	0.5
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	323	0.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	6	1,170	0.6
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	6	1,164	0.6
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	1,160	0.6
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	205	0.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	582	0.3
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	380	0.2
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	4	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	4	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	4	245	0.1
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	217	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	1,235	0.7
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	78	0.0
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	3	520	0.3
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	3	23	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	42	0.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	370	0.2
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	115	0.1
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	285	0.2
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	146	0.1
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Assemblies of God International Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	---	---
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	278	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	573	0.3
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	2	1,691	0.9
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	135	0.1
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	85	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	78	0.0
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	613	0.3
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	1,380	0.7
(Original) Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	95	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	0	---
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	79	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Bruderhof Communities, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	17	0.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	1	11	0.0
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	300	0.2
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	115	0.1
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	35	0.0
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	0	---
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Mennonite Christian Fellowship*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	60	0.0
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	27	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	30	0.0
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	60	0.0
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	25	0.0
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	13	0.0
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	0	154	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	11	0.0
		Totals:	4,413	658,313

The population of West Virginia was 1,852,994 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,808,344. The total population changed 2.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (658,313) included 35.5% 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.