Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
1,784 |
7,550,491 |
397.9 |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
995 |
1,653,870 |
87.2 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1,404 |
403,362 |
21.3 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
144 |
223,968 |
11.8 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
541 |
203,297 |
10.7 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
693 |
201,797 |
10.6 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
427 |
169,329 |
8.9 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
717 |
162,227 |
8.5 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
506 |
98,209 |
5.2 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
195 |
81,705 |
4.3 |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
249 |
68,261 |
3.6 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
249 |
66,998 |
3.5 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
64 |
61,407 |
3.2 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
291 |
58,949 |
3.1 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
160 |
44,987 |
2.4 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
124 |
41,898 |
2.2 |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
20 |
29,250 |
1.5 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
219 |
24,364 |
1.3 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
161 |
24,142 |
1.3 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
97 |
24,065 |
1.3 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
162 |
23,248 |
1.2 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
158 |
17,433 |
0.9 |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
145 |
16,300 |
0.9 |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
19 |
14,250 |
0.8 |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
109 |
13,971 |
0.7 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
62 |
12,489 |
0.7 |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
10 |
11,362 |
0.6 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
96 |
9,749 |
0.5 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
82 |
9,482 |
0.5 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
8,287 |
0.4 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
8,260 |
0.4 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
45 |
7,040 |
0.4 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
64 |
6,607 |
0.3 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
31 |
5,471 |
0.3 |
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
22 |
5,350 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
19 |
4,884 |
0.3 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
12 |
4,880 |
0.3 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
4,800 |
0.3 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
26 |
4,651 |
0.2 |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
11 |
4,552 |
0.2 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
32 |
4,499 |
0.2 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
44 |
4,062 |
0.2 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
33 |
4,034 |
0.2 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
15 |
3,710 |
0.2 |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
17 |
3,607 |
0.2 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
57 |
3,502 |
0.2 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
11 |
3,435 |
0.2 |
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
27 |
3,215 |
0.2 |
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
8 |
3,112 |
0.2 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
15 |
2,875 |
0.2 |
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
2,800 |
0.1 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
35 |
2,772 |
0.1 |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
11 |
2,770 |
0.1 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
38 |
2,768 |
0.1 |
Old Order Amish |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
41 |
2,752 |
0.1 |
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
5 |
2,660 |
0.1 |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
13 |
1,803 |
0.1 |
North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
10 |
1,618 |
0.1 |
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
1,575 |
0.1 |
Old Order Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
7 |
1,512 |
0.1 |
Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
1,450 |
0.1 |
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
8 |
1,320 |
0.1 |
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
1,080 |
0.1 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
15 |
1,072 |
0.1 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
11 |
1,009 |
0.1 |
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
7 |
867 |
0.0 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
819 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Dioceses |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
760 |
0.0 |
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
760 |
0.0 |
Bruderhof Communities, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
660 |
0.0 |
Orthodox Church in America: Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
600 |
0.0 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
586 |
0.0 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
3 |
538 |
0.0 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
6 |
534 |
0.0 |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
519 |
0.0 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
495 |
0.0 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
7 |
466 |
0.0 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
383 |
0.0 |
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
350 |
0.0 |
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
314 |
0.0 |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
311 |
0.0 |
Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
6 |
308 |
0.0 |
United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
170 |
0.0 |
Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
168 |
0.0 |
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
168 |
0.0 |
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
159 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
150 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
125 |
0.0 |
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
122 |
0.0 |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
98 |
0.0 |
Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
71 |
0.0 |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
63 |
0.0 |
Amish; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
52 |
0.0 |
Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
39 |
0.0 |
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
28 |
0.0 |
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
25 |
0.0 |
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
24 |
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 Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
121 |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
23 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
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 Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Churches of Christ in Christian Union |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
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 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Eritrean Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Ethiopian Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Federation of Reformed Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Free Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Grace Gospel Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
83 |
--- |
--- |
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Communal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
International Fellowship of Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
12 |
--- |
--- |
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 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Mennonite Christian Fellowship* |
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 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
17 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
19 |
--- |
--- |
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Shinto |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
21 |
--- |
--- |
Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Swedenborgian Church |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Tao |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Catholic Church, Inc. |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
|
|
Totals:
| 11,001 |
11,461,411 |
|
The population of New York was 18,976,457 in 2000; in 1990 it was 17,990,455. The total population changed 5.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (11,461,411) included 60.4% 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.