Norfolk 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 |
52 |
355,321 |
529.7 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
32 |
11,290 |
16.8 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
29 |
11,016 |
16.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
19 |
3,268 |
4.9 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
17 |
3,102 |
4.6 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
16 |
2,106 |
3.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
13 |
1,072 |
1.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
13 |
3,252 |
4.8 |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
12 |
4,400 |
6.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
10 |
1,788 |
2.7 |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
9 |
6,593 |
9.8 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
8 |
8,716 |
13.0 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
630 |
0.9 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
7 |
1,196 |
1.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
1,362 |
2.0 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6 |
1,070 |
1.6 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
6 |
537 |
0.8 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
5 |
1,652 |
2.5 |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
1,339 |
2.0 |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
1,220 |
1.8 |
| Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
141 |
0.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
1,160 |
1.7 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
401 |
0.6 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
186 |
0.3 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
1,490 |
2.2 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
575 |
0.9 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
4,616 |
6.9 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
319 |
0.5 |
| Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
224 |
0.3 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
225 |
0.3 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
198 |
0.3 |
| Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
292 |
0.4 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
572 |
0.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
1 |
0 |
--- |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
514 |
0.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
42 |
0.1 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
1 |
77 |
0.1 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
102 |
0.2 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
118 |
0.2 |
| Eritrean Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
485 |
0.7 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Hindu, Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
423 |
0.6 |
| Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
0 |
--- |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
162 |
0.2 |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
511 |
0.8 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
16 |
0.0 |
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Totals:
| 340 |
433,862 |
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The population of Norfolk County, Massachusetts was 670,850 in 2010; in 2000 it was 650,308. The total population changed 3.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (433,862) included 64.7% 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.
