County Membership Report
Clark County, Washington
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† |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
65 |
0.2 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
195 |
0.6 |
| Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
8 |
3,115 |
9.0 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
257 |
0.7 |
| Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
9 |
27,120 |
78.6 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
455 |
1.3 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
2 |
403 |
1.2 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
3 |
671 |
1.9 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
1,677 |
4.9 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
388 |
1.1 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
78 |
0.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
32 |
14,069 |
40.8 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
11 |
3,458 |
10.0 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
5 |
960 |
2.8 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
442 |
1.3 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
8 |
2,324 |
6.7 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
2,970 |
8.6 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
4 |
1,778 |
5.2 |
| Evangelical Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
8 |
900 |
2.6 |
| Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
11 |
6,507 |
18.8 |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
8 |
1,246 |
3.6 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
867 |
2.5 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
219 |
0.6 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
1,750 |
5.1 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
4 |
1,565 |
4.5 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
600 |
1.7 |
| Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
6 |
2,920 |
8.5 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
35 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
58 |
0.2 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
1,313 |
3.8 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
591 |
1.7 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
67 |
0.2 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6 |
3,147 |
9.1 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
290 |
0.8 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
248 |
0.7 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
13 |
3,491 |
10.1 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
10 |
3,552 |
10.3 |
| U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
645 |
1.9 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
290 |
0.8 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
350 |
1.0 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
10 |
3,968 |
11.5 |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
516 |
1.5 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
760 |
2.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
178 |
0.5 |
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Totals:
| 212 |
96,498 |
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The population of Clark County, Washington was 345,238 in 2000; in 1990 it was 238,053. The total population changed 45.0%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (96,498) included 28.0% 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.
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