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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 |
% Change |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+67 |
+251,454 |
+197.1% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+153 |
+84,172 |
+185.1% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
+424 |
+175,494 |
+96.6% |
| U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+56 |
+19,831 |
+89.7% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+505 |
+131,747 |
+83.5% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+20 |
+4,071 |
+79.5% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
+4,393 |
+2,603,762 |
+73.5% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+1,104 |
+414,918 |
+59.7% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-21 |
+1,505 |
+59.6% |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+120 |
+23,827 |
+59.6% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+181 |
+156,856 |
+57.7% |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+306 |
+92,226 |
+54.9% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+569 |
+120,039 |
+54.2% |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
-4 |
+8,902 |
+50.0% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+6 |
+4,068 |
+49.4% |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+78 |
+5,905 |
+47.1% |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+120 |
+15,107 |
+42.4% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-70 |
+33,958 |
+37.3% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+1,109 |
+783,277 |
+36.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
+1,451 |
+291,934 |
+32.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-88 |
+24,505 |
+29.6% |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+378 |
+66,671 |
+26.1% |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-1 |
+105 |
+20.4% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+55 |
+239,972 |
+19.8% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+9 |
+3,500 |
+17.7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
+57 |
+21,413 |
+11.3% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
-1,852 |
+5,577,837 |
+10.4% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-358 |
+6,546 |
+7.1% |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+18 |
+3,209 |
+5.9% |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+8 |
+201 |
+5.4% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+12,894 |
+955,597 |
+5.0% |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+3 |
+32 |
+1.5% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-111 |
+5,526 |
+0.6% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+89 |
-2,160 |
-1.0% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-211 |
-7,123 |
-3.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-43 |
-9,689 |
-3.7% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-22 |
-2,168 |
-5.2% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-513 |
-96,851 |
-5.8% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-16 |
-346 |
-8.4% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
+41 |
-37,045 |
-8.8% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
+3 |
-2,232 |
-10.4% |
| Schwenkfelder Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-1 |
-336 |
-11.1% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-3,915 |
-1,230,379 |
-11.1% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
+20 |
-332,804 |
-12.8% |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+102 |
-6,010 |
-15.8% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
-558 |
-313,159 |
-16.7% |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-53 |
-67,812 |
-18.7% |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-11 |
-3,071 |
-18.8% |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+13 |
-1,271 |
-19.7% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
-1,066 |
-1,045,579 |
-20.0% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
-539 |
-493,379 |
-20.2% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-89 |
-40,000 |
-21.4% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
-410 |
-251,981 |
-24.3% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-176 |
-75,888 |
-25.9% |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
+1 |
-5,532 |
-26.0% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-77 |
-24,080 |
-26.4% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+10 |
-4,153 |
-28.4% |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
-4 |
-1,528 |
-28.5% |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-62 |
-7,490 |
-29.1% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-946 |
-1,101,355 |
-31.0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+1 |
-32,361 |
-32.7% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-580 |
-67,847 |
-34.8% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-14 |
-10,964 |
-35.1% |
| Midwest Congregational Christian Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-5 |
-667 |
-35.5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-1,035 |
-709,163 |
-35.6% |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-27 |
-12,574 |
-37.9% |
| Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+3 |
-14,295 |
-47.7% |
| Moravian Church in America--Alaska Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
+1 |
-2,689 |
-50.4% |
| Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+15 |
-42,770 |
-58.3% |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-305 |
-841,011 |
-73.6% |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-169 |
-28,269 |
-77.1% |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+0 |
--- |
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| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
-9 |
--- |
--- |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
-1 |
--- |
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| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
+73 |
--- |
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| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+68 |
--- |
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| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
-637 |
--- |
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| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
-709 |
--- |
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| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
+67 |
--- |
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| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-2 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
+10 |
--- |
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| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+20 |
--- |
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| Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-15 |
--- |
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| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-31 |
--- |
--- |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+30 |
--- |
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| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Communal |
+24 |
--- |
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| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
-97 |
--- |
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| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-76 |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+145 |
--- |
--- |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-14 |
--- |
--- |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+78 |
--- |
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Totals:
| +9,815 |
+5,142,476 |
+4% |
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The population of the United States was 308,745,538 in 2010; in 2000 it was 281,421,839. The total population changed 9.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (150,596,792) included 48.8% of the total population in 2010.
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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