Essex County, Massachusetts
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 |
55 |
341,970 |
460.2 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
27 |
11,510 |
15.5 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
9,950 |
13.4 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
41 |
9,929 |
13.4 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
19 |
5,232 |
7.0 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
23 |
4,998 |
6.7 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
29 |
4,825 |
6.5 |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
33 |
4,547 |
6.1 |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
4 |
4,185 |
5.6 |
Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
6 |
3,915 |
5.3 |
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
13 |
2,700 |
3.6 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
13 |
2,674 |
3.6 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
5 |
2,528 |
3.4 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
6 |
1,862 |
2.5 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
1,245 |
1.7 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
11 |
1,038 |
1.4 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
889 |
1.2 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
10 |
789 |
1.1 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
616 |
0.8 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
10 |
613 |
0.8 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
596 |
0.8 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
537 |
0.7 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
513 |
0.7 |
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
500 |
0.7 |
Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
4 |
500 |
0.7 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
492 |
0.7 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
450 |
0.6 |
Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
400 |
0.5 |
Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
395 |
0.5 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
357 |
0.5 |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
281 |
0.4 |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
275 |
0.4 |
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
275 |
0.4 |
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc. |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
250 |
0.3 |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
250 |
0.3 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
223 |
0.3 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
221 |
0.3 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
217 |
0.3 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
188 |
0.3 |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
182 |
0.2 |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
180 |
0.2 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
164 |
0.2 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
4 |
160 |
0.2 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
121 |
0.2 |
Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
108 |
0.1 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
105 |
0.1 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
99 |
0.1 |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
93 |
0.1 |
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
82 |
0.1 |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
73 |
0.1 |
Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
71 |
0.1 |
Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
60 |
0.1 |
Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
9 |
0.0 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
1 |
0 |
--- |
Alliance of Baptists |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
7 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
--- |
--- |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
--- |
--- |
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
8 |
--- |
--- |
National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:
| 434 |
424,453 |
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The population of Essex County, Massachusetts was 743,159 in 2010; in 2000 it was 723,419. The total population changed 2.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (424,453) included 57.1% of the total population in 2010.
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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.