Galveston 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 |
42,141 |
168.5 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
44 |
33,382 |
133.4 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
24 |
13,303 |
53.2 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
10 |
3,407 |
13.6 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
9 |
3,124 |
12.5 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
17 |
2,590 |
10.4 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
7 |
2,163 |
8.6 |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
2,050 |
8.2 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
15 |
1,816 |
7.3 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
1,337 |
5.3 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
3 |
1,300 |
5.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
1,264 |
5.1 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
981 |
3.9 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
2 |
742 |
3.0 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
460 |
1.8 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
306 |
1.2 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
291 |
1.2 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
272 |
1.1 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
243 |
1.0 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
225 |
0.9 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
186 |
0.7 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
180 |
0.7 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
176 |
0.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
4 |
130 |
0.5 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
120 |
0.5 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
100 |
0.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
99 |
0.4 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
95 |
0.4 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
68 |
0.3 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
50 |
0.2 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:
| 202 |
112,601 |
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The population of Galveston County, Texas was 250,158 in 2000; in 1990 it was 217,399. The total population changed 15.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (112,601) included 45.0% 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.
