Metro-Area Membership Report
Religious Traditions, 2010
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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.
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Reports
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Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
420 |
2,200,905 |
501.19 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
238 |
76,996 |
17.53 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
170 |
35,776 |
8.15 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
164 |
68,634 |
15.63 |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
153 |
224,000 |
51.01 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
147 |
43,966 |
10.01 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
92 |
19,900 |
4.53 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
78 |
14,634 |
3.33 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
56 |
10,803 |
2.46 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
46 |
8,000 |
1.82 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
44 |
7,852 |
1.79 |
Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
43 |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
40 |
13,654 |
3.11 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
35 |
12,514 |
2.85 |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
33 |
5,183 |
1.18 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
29 |
2,878 |
0.66 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
27 |
33,330 |
7.59 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
26 |
5,916 |
1.35 |
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
25 |
5,552 |
1.26 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
25 |
5,092 |
1.16 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
20 |
1,736 |
0.40 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
20 |
35,888 |
8.17 |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
19 |
--- |
--- |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
18 |
1,501 |
0.34 |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
17 |
2,597 |
0.59 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
17 |
902 |
0.21 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
16 |
2,409 |
0.55 |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
16 |
3,184 |
0.73 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
15 |
2,581 |
0.59 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
12 |
4,066 |
0.93 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
11 |
634 |
0.14 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
10 |
1,262 |
0.29 |
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
9 |
2,408 |
0.55 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
8 |
1,225 |
0.28 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
7 |
6,632 |
1.51 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
621 |
0.14 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
7 |
626 |
0.14 |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
12,070 |
2.75 |
Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
784 |
0.18 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
2,155 |
0.49 |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
3,595 |
0.82 |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
5 |
4,900 |
1.12 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
367 |
0.08 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
5 |
966 |
0.22 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
500 |
0.11 |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
1,270 |
0.29 |
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
242 |
0.06 |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
217 |
0.05 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
4,015 |
0.91 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
384 |
0.09 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
650 |
0.15 |
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
2,950 |
0.67 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
510 |
0.12 |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
2,520 |
0.57 |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
125 |
0.03 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
49 |
0.01 |
Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
65 |
0.01 |
Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
20 |
0.00 |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
70 |
0.02 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
6,162 |
1.40 |
International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
10 |
0.00 |
Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
175 |
0.04 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
57 |
0.01 |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
86 |
0.02 |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
104 |
0.02 |
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
612 |
0.14 |
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
300 |
0.07 |
Tao |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
900 |
0.20 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
64 |
0.01 |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 2,218 | 2,910,751 | |
The population of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 4,391,344 in 2000; in 1990 it was 4,133,895. The total population changed 6.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,910,751) included 66.3% of the total population in 2000.
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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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