Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
28 |
0.0 |
Alliance of Baptists |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
131 |
11,612 |
0.3 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
556 |
170,932 |
5.0 |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
28 |
11,564 |
0.3 |
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
8 |
7,884 |
0.2 |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
132 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
10 |
564 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
8 |
29,200 |
0.9 |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
18 |
24,055 |
0.7 |
Armenian Evangelical Churches (Additional) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1,222 |
310,522 |
9.2 |
Assemblies of God International Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
9 |
405 |
0.0 |
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
5 |
560 |
0.0 |
Association of Messianic Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
259 |
24,849 |
0.7 |
Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
15 |
1,697 |
0.1 |
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
123 |
0.0 |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
18 |
1,834 |
0.1 |
Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
489 |
--- |
--- |
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
252 |
--- |
--- |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
1,315 |
10,079,310 |
297.6 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
201 |
44,068 |
1.3 |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
160 |
34,750 |
1.0 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
226 |
84,169 |
2.5 |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
107 |
23,359 |
0.7 |
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
141 |
18,215 |
0.5 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
193 |
23,558 |
0.7 |
Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
67 |
0.0 |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
1,075 |
0.0 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
124 |
6,672 |
0.2 |
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1,316 |
529,575 |
15.6 |
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
29 |
3,983 |
0.1 |
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
411 |
89,522 |
2.6 |
Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
707 |
83,392 |
2.5 |
Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
555 |
0.0 |
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
55 |
6,137 |
0.2 |
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
167 |
0.0 |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
215 |
55,435 |
1.6 |
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
12 |
8,555 |
0.3 |
Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Lutheran Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
155 |
69,649 |
2.1 |
Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
20 |
--- |
--- |
Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
1,153 |
0.0 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
449 |
168,895 |
5.0 |
Eritrean Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Ethiopian Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
95 |
33,994 |
1.0 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
175 |
54,227 |
1.6 |
Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
464 |
171,110 |
5.1 |
Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
7 |
1,557 |
0.0 |
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
578 |
116,039 |
3.4 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
94 |
11,749 |
0.3 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
75 |
9,061 |
0.3 |
Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Friends United Meeting* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
102 |
15,130 |
0.4 |
Georgian Orthodox Parishes in the United States |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Grace Gospel Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
41 |
35,010 |
1.0 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
10 |
4,323 |
0.1 |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
131 |
--- |
--- |
Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
165 |
0.0 |
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
68 |
195,425 |
5.8 |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
112 |
134,355 |
4.0 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
20,167 |
0.6 |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
24 |
5,572 |
0.2 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
111 |
12,517 |
0.4 |
Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
7 |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
425 |
994,000 |
29.3 |
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Korean-American Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Landmark Missionary Baptists, Independent Associations and Unaffiliated Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
614 |
0.0 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
401 |
130,336 |
3.8 |
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
600 |
0.0 |
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
90 |
0.0 |
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
525 |
0.0 |
Mennonite Christian Fellowship* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
36 |
2,607 |
0.1 |
Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
80 |
0.0 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
25 |
2,799 |
0.1 |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
26 |
9,327 |
0.3 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
345 |
0.0 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
163 |
259,762 |
7.7 |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
33 |
8,965 |
0.3 |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
62 |
3,891 |
0.1 |
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 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
1,104 |
0.0 |
National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
15 |
0.0 |
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
96 |
18,720 |
0.6 |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
45 |
16,772 |
0.5 |
North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
25 |
6,075 |
0.2 |
Orthodox Church in America: Bulgarian Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
8 |
4,375 |
0.1 |
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
7 |
2,813 |
0.1 |
Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
41 |
3,756 |
0.1 |
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
246 |
25,574 |
0.8 |
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pillar of Fire |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
584 |
229,918 |
6.8 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
76 |
9,955 |
0.3 |
Primitive Baptist Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
25 |
--- |
--- |
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
245 |
0.0 |
Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
18 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
44 |
36,358 |
1.1 |
Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
10 |
931 |
0.0 |
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
438 |
0.0 |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
22 |
--- |
--- |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
135 |
49,330 |
1.5 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
11 |
7,265 |
0.2 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
5 |
--- |
--- |
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
516 |
187,058 |
5.5 |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
58 |
--- |
--- |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1,392 |
471,119 |
13.9 |
Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
--- |
--- |
Swedenborgian Church |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
7,500 |
0.2 |
Tao |
Other |
Other Groups |
19 |
--- |
--- |
U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
62 |
11,698 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
1,308 |
0.0 |
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
73 |
15,173 |
0.4 |
United Catholic Church, Inc. |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
244 |
50,493 |
1.5 |
United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
710 |
228,844 |
6.8 |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
11 |
2,474 |
0.1 |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Vicariate for the Palestinian/Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
107 |
29,388 |
0.9 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
67 |
23,858 |
0.7 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
46 |
8,950 |
0.3 |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
11 |
--- |
--- |
|
|
Totals:
| 16,921 |
15,614,071 |
|
The population of California was 33,871,648 in 2000; in 1990 it was 29,760,021. The total population changed 13.8%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (15,614,071) included 46.1% of the total population in 2000.
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.