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 |
29 |
35,873 |
179.21 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
16 |
4,623 |
23.10 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
16 |
4,818 |
24.07 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
15 |
15,264 |
76.26 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
7,486 |
37.40 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
11 |
4,358 |
21.77 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
10 |
4,933 |
24.64 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
8 |
1,632 |
8.15 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
1,265 |
6.32 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
771 |
3.85 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6 |
1,556 |
7.77 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
878 |
4.39 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
4 |
534 |
2.67 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
435 |
2.17 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
4 |
585 |
2.92 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
557 |
2.78 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
247 |
1.23 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
501 |
2.50 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
148 |
0.74 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
636 |
3.18 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
158 |
0.79 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
457 |
2.28 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
174 |
0.87 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
573 |
2.86 |
| Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
131 |
0.65 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
364 |
1.82 |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
73 |
0.36 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
146 |
0.73 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
413 |
2.06 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
58 |
0.29 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
26 |
0.13 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
676 |
3.38 |
| Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
24 |
0.12 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
111 |
0.55 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
60 |
0.30 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
350 |
1.75 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
30 |
0.15 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
100 |
0.50 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
49 |
0.24 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
947 |
4.73 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
46 |
0.23 |
| | Totals: | 216 | 92,066 | | |
The population of the Saginaw, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 200,169 in 2010; in 2000 it was 210,039. The total population changed -4.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (92,066) included 46.0% 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.
