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
|
Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
42 |
160,048 |
279.78 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
16 |
60,479 |
105.72 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
62 |
51,836 |
90.61 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
49 |
38,852 |
67.92 |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
11 |
25,500 |
44.58 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
34 |
19,698 |
34.43 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
33 |
15,313 |
26.77 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
17 |
8,273 |
14.46 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
9 |
7,508 |
13.12 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
4,848 |
8.47 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
4,317 |
7.55 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
13 |
4,048 |
7.08 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
2,492 |
4.36 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
1,588 |
2.78 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
1,548 |
2.71 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
1,526 |
2.67 |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
1,000 |
1.75 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
739 |
1.29 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
714 |
1.25 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
2 |
714 |
1.25 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
630 |
1.10 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
609 |
1.06 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
588 |
1.03 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
555 |
0.97 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
550 |
0.96 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
498 |
0.87 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
481 |
0.84 |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
451 |
0.79 |
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
440 |
0.77 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
405 |
0.71 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
357 |
0.62 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
277 |
0.48 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
250 |
0.44 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
235 |
0.41 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
214 |
0.37 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
213 |
0.37 |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
175 |
0.31 |
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
126 |
0.22 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
110 |
0.19 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
95 |
0.17 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
90 |
0.16 |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
65 |
0.11 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
48 |
0.08 |
Amish; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
21 |
0.04 |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
19 |
0.03 |
Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
15 |
--- |
--- |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Tao |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 390 | 418,543 | |
The population of District Of Columbia was 572,059 in 2000; in 1990 it was 606,900. The total population changed -5.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (418,543) included 73.2% of the total population in 2000.
*
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.