Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
774 |
3,403,020 |
404.4 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
578 |
140,133 |
16.7 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
373 |
119,735 |
14.2 |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
331 |
468,000 |
55.6 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
287 |
91,964 |
10.9 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
262 |
88,521 |
10.5 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
238 |
52,065 |
6.2 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
200 |
79,264 |
9.4 |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
133 |
32,691 |
3.9 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
111 |
13,725 |
1.6 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
76 |
18,035 |
2.1 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
72 |
22,319 |
2.7 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
70 |
14,518 |
1.7 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
68 |
7,699 |
0.9 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
68 |
120,724 |
14.3 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
61 |
19,855 |
2.4 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
57 |
14,293 |
1.7 |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
53 |
8,626 |
1.0 |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
52 |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
50 |
7,435 |
0.9 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
38 |
4,703 |
0.6 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
35 |
3,894 |
0.5 |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
29 |
6,866 |
0.8 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
28 |
5,187 |
0.6 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
28 |
7,256 |
0.9 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
26 |
2,503 |
0.3 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
24 |
25,770 |
3.1 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
23 |
3,471 |
0.4 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
23 |
5,109 |
0.6 |
Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
21 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
20 |
5,976 |
0.7 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
20 |
2,056 |
0.2 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
19 |
1,003 |
0.1 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
19 |
1,129 |
0.1 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
19 |
2,873 |
0.3 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
14 |
1,531 |
0.2 |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
14 |
--- |
--- |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
14 |
1,006 |
0.1 |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
14 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
12 |
2,044 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
11 |
5,082 |
0.6 |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
10 |
--- |
--- |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
9 |
1,071 |
0.1 |
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
9 |
1,413 |
0.2 |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
8 |
4,940 |
0.6 |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
3,565 |
0.4 |
Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
8 |
--- |
--- |
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
7 |
1,974 |
0.2 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
6 |
1,594 |
0.2 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
1,390 |
0.2 |
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
--- |
--- |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
5 |
9,980 |
1.2 |
Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
5 |
--- |
--- |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
810 |
0.1 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
2,240 |
0.3 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
490 |
0.1 |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
2,550 |
0.3 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
609 |
0.1 |
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
650 |
0.1 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
808 |
0.1 |
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
3,250 |
0.4 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
306 |
0.0 |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
0 |
--- |
North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
191 |
0.0 |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
922 |
0.1 |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
50 |
0.0 |
Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
219 |
0.0 |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
349 |
0.0 |
International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
114 |
0.0 |
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
3,000 |
0.4 |
Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
813 |
0.1 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
1,400 |
0.2 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
255 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
101 |
0.0 |
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
2,100 |
0.2 |
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
6 |
0.0 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
156 |
0.0 |
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
51 |
0.0 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
383 |
0.0 |
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
200 |
0.0 |
Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
60 |
0.0 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
51 |
0.0 |
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
29 |
0.0 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
207 |
0.0 |
Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
324 |
0.0 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Alliance of Baptists |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
American Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Association of Messianic Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God by Faith, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Elim Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Ethiopian Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Free Reformed Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Heritage Reformed Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Maranatha Amish Mennonite* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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 Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pillar of Fire |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Presbyterian Church Hanover Presbytery |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Swedenborgian Church |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
|
Totals:
| 4,531 |
4,858,756 |
|
The population of New Jersey was 8,414,350 in 2000; in 1990 it was 7,730,188. The total population changed 8.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (4,858,756) included 57.7% 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.