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