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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
158 |
77,200 |
48.25 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
111 |
67,612 |
42.26 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
81 |
10,915 |
6.82 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
78 |
259,810 |
162.38 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
59 |
7,537 |
4.71 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
46 |
20,533 |
12.83 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
45 |
33,385 |
20.87 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
40 |
27,265 |
17.04 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
32 |
2,220 |
1.39 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
30 |
8,615 |
5.38 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
29 |
13,245 |
8.28 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
27 |
6,914 |
4.32 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
26 |
10,447 |
6.53 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
23 |
11,155 |
6.97 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
22 |
5,073 |
3.17 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
16 |
13,181 |
8.24 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
16 |
4,001 |
2.50 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
14 |
2,144 |
1.34 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
12 |
557 |
0.35 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
3,199 |
2.00 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
10 |
2,430 |
1.52 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
9 |
853 |
0.53 |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
8 |
5,923 |
3.70 |
| Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
756 |
0.47 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
5,556 |
3.47 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
400 |
0.25 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
2,721 |
1.70 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
326 |
0.20 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
5 |
600 |
0.38 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
5 |
1,700 |
1.06 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
245 |
0.15 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
2,104 |
1.32 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
801 |
0.50 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
444 |
0.28 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
381 |
0.24 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
88 |
0.06 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
10 |
0.01 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
221 |
0.14 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
101 |
0.06 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
3 |
912 |
0.57 |
| Christ Catholic Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Catholicism |
2 |
73 |
0.05 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
521 |
0.33 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
89 |
0.06 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
304 |
0.19 |
| Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
222 |
0.14 |
| Mennonite Church, The General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
138 |
0.09 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
2 |
300 |
0.19 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
1,058 |
0.66 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
184 |
0.12 |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
30 |
0.02 |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
28 |
0.02 |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
135 |
0.08 |
| Christian Catholic Church |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
125 |
0.08 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
1 |
35 |
0.02 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
40 |
0.03 |
| Church of Jesus Christ, The (Bickertonites) |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
55 |
0.03 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
114 |
0.07 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
177 |
0.11 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
25 |
0.02 |
| Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
65 |
0.04 |
| U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
46 |
0.03 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| | Totals: | 1,006 | 615,344 | | |
The population of the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,599,970 in 1980. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (615,344) included 38.5% of the total population in 1980.
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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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