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U.S. Membership Report
United States
Religious Traditions, 2010
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| 50,013,107 |
4,877,067 |
22,568,258 |
1,056,535 |
58,934,906 |
13,146,919 | 158,148,746 |
| Evangelical Protestant |
Black Protestant |
Mainline Protestant |
Orthodox |
Catholic |
Other |
Unclaimed |
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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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
37,922 |
18,940,682 |
76.2 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
37,238 |
11,091,032 |
44.6 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
22,441 |
53,385,998 |
214.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
13,097 |
1,681,013 |
6.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
11,433 |
3,553,335 |
14.3 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
11,149 |
2,161,610 |
8.7 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
10,912 |
5,226,798 |
21.0 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
9,208 |
3,540,820 |
14.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
7,333 |
2,445,286 |
9.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6,260 |
1,993,459 |
8.0 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
6,020 |
2,603,725 |
10.5 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
5,801 |
1,873,731 |
7.5 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5,238 |
1,213,188 |
4.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5,167 |
888,123 |
3.6 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4,996 |
695,074 |
2.8 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
4,214 |
903,062 |
3.6 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
4,035 |
1,037,757 |
4.2 |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
3,975 |
5,982,529 |
24.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2,461 |
293,448 |
1.2 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2,336 |
232,876 |
0.9 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2,101 |
91,861 |
0.4 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1,962 |
1,142,016 |
4.6 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1,862 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1,797 |
271,865 |
1.1 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1,657 |
259,740 |
1.0 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1,499 |
195,210 |
0.8 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1,490 |
157,728 |
0.6 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1,445 |
255,092 |
1.0 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1,374 |
289,969 |
1.2 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
1,363 |
1,207,173 |
4.9 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1,296 |
130,484 |
0.5 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1,228 |
419,928 |
1.7 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1,171 |
91,072 |
0.4 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1,167 |
127,577 |
0.5 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1,161 |
221,392 |
0.9 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1,159 |
49,294 |
0.2 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1,121 |
186,588 |
0.8 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1,121 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1,046 |
181,692 |
0.7 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1,038 |
82,766 |
0.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
965 |
190,193 |
0.8 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
917 |
362,932 |
1.5 |
| Old Order Amish |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
830 |
121,750 |
0.5 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
829 |
794,254 |
3.2 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
820 |
85,600 |
0.3 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
786 |
167,874 |
0.7 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
737 |
91,040 |
0.4 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
716 |
226,163 |
0.9 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
698 |
--- |
--- |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
515 |
--- |
--- |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
436 |
68,187 |
0.3 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
426 |
--- |
--- |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
399 |
99,110 |
0.4 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
352 |
41,499 |
0.2 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
337 |
--- |
--- |
| Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
329 |
23,794 |
0.1 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
326 |
19,257 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
303 |
39,948 |
0.2 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
267 |
54,010 |
0.2 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
240 |
25,749 |
0.1 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
232 |
36,679 |
0.1 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
203 |
27,316 |
0.1 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
188 |
19,769 |
0.1 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
187 |
37,988 |
0.2 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
177 |
35,600 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
159 |
33,166 |
0.1 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
153 |
7,511 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
138 |
45,464 |
0.2 |
| U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
134 |
22,097 |
0.1 |
| Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
129 |
18,293 |
0.1 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
128 |
11,105 |
0.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
126 |
21,523 |
0.1 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
124 |
16,331 |
0.1 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
120 |
2,526 |
0.0 |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Communal |
111 |
11,037 |
0.0 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
109 |
17,793 |
0.1 |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
103 |
6,231 |
0.0 |
| Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
102 |
13,215 |
0.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
98 |
31,250 |
0.1 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
91 |
8,243 |
0.0 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
88 |
5,370 |
0.0 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
83 |
6,439 |
0.0 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
81 |
7,937 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
80 |
6,559 |
0.0 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
79 |
14,545 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
79 |
19,809 |
0.1 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
78 |
4,102 |
0.0 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
75 |
12,535 |
0.1 |
| "Old" Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
73 |
16,289 |
0.1 |
| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
70 |
6,001 |
0.0 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
69 |
14,610 |
0.1 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
69 |
8,753 |
0.0 |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
56 |
14,299 |
0.1 |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
55 |
21,269 |
0.1 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
53 |
7,812 |
0.0 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
49 |
889 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
48 |
3,516 |
0.0 |
| Berean Fundamental Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
47 |
5,457 |
0.0 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
47 |
3,881 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
43 |
--- |
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| Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
41 |
4,722 |
0.0 |
| Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
40 |
9,209 |
0.0 |
| Central Baptist Association Ministries |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
35 |
4,031 |
0.0 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
35 |
3,722 |
0.0 |
| Midwest Congregational Christian Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
30 |
1,880 |
0.0 |
| Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
29 |
30,000 |
0.1 |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
26 |
5,122 |
0.0 |
| Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
25 |
4,942 |
0.0 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
23 |
--- |
--- |
| Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
22 |
73,300 |
0.3 |
| Moravian Church in America--Alaska Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
22 |
5,338 |
0.0 |
| New Hope Baptist Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
22 |
3,150 |
0.0 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
17 |
34,646 |
0.1 |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
16 |
2,089 |
0.0 |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
15 |
5,169 |
0.0 |
| Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
13 |
1,037 |
0.0 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
13 |
--- |
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| Christ Catholic Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Catholicism |
12 |
235 |
0.0 |
| Barren River Missionary Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
1,408 |
0.0 |
| United Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
11 |
770 |
0.0 |
| Wayne Trail Missionary Baptist Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
2,467 |
0.0 |
| Primitive Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
9 |
427 |
0.0 |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
7 |
514 |
0.0 |
| The Protestant Conference (Lutheran) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
7 |
1,095 |
0.0 |
| Bible Church of Christ, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
8,156 |
0.0 |
| Schwenkfelder Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
3,031 |
0.0 |
| Byelorussion Council Of Orthodox Churches In North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Truevine Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
561 |
0.0 |
| Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
87 |
0.0 |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
--- |
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| General Six Principle Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
172 |
0.0 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
8,737,667 |
35.1 |
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Totals:
| 255,173 |
137,064,509 |
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The population of the United States was 248,709,766 in 1990; in 1980 it was 225,002,911. The total population changed 10.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (137,064,509) included 55.1% of the total population in 1990.
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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.
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