Brazoria County, Texas
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 |
14 |
48,342 |
200.0 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
55 |
43,797 |
181.2 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
17 |
12,073 |
49.9 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
17 |
3,576 |
14.8 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
26 |
3,523 |
14.6 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
9 |
2,378 |
9.8 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
6 |
2,232 |
9.2 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
5 |
1,928 |
8.0 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
6 |
1,884 |
7.8 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
4 |
1,604 |
6.6 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
1,313 |
5.4 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
1 |
1,284 |
5.3 |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
870 |
3.6 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
657 |
2.7 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
590 |
2.4 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
4 |
539 |
2.2 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
375 |
1.6 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
213 |
0.9 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
190 |
0.8 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
183 |
0.8 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
145 |
0.6 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
135 |
0.6 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
124 |
0.5 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
105 |
0.4 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
80 |
0.3 |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
75 |
0.3 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
70 |
0.3 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
64 |
0.3 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
56 |
0.2 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
46 |
0.2 |
Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
26 |
0.1 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
24 |
0.1 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Primitive Baptist Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:
| 206 |
128,501 |
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The population of Brazoria County, Texas was 241,767 in 2000; in 1990 it was 191,707. The total population changed 26.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (128,501) included 53.2% of the total population in 2000.
*
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.