Fort Bend 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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
37 |
30,664 |
86.5 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
16 |
15,584 |
44.0 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
11 |
87,821 |
247.8 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
10 |
3,411 |
9.6 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
9 |
1,311 |
3.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
9 |
458 |
1.3 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
7 |
2,907 |
8.2 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
7 |
2,119 |
6.0 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
4 |
1,664 |
4.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
1,792 |
5.1 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
1,770 |
5.0 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
149 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
137 |
0.4 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
108 |
0.3 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
193 |
0.5 |
| Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
1,271 |
3.6 |
| Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
2 |
230 |
0.6 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
121 |
0.3 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
260 |
0.7 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
2,613 |
7.4 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
1 |
468 |
1.3 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
143 |
0.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
150 |
0.4 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
65 |
0.2 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
67 |
0.2 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
1,000 |
2.8 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
1 |
2,100 |
5.9 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
32 |
0.1 |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
1,600 |
4.5 |
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
625 |
1.8 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
20 |
0.1 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
56 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
120 |
0.3 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
143 |
0.4 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
1,323 |
3.7 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Unity of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:
| 161 |
162,495 |
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The population of Fort Bend County, Texas was 354,452 in 2000; in 1990 it was 225,421. The total population changed 57.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (162,495) included 45.8% of the total population in 2000.
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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.
