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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
73 |
70,507 |
276.53 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
27 |
18,220 |
71.46 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
10 |
14,397 |
56.47 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
18 |
13,257 |
51.99 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
14 |
9,520 |
37.34 |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
7,393 |
29.00 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
5 |
4,450 |
17.45 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
13 |
3,084 |
12.10 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
5 |
3,037 |
11.91 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
17 |
2,768 |
10.86 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
11 |
1,646 |
6.46 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
7 |
1,574 |
6.17 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
6 |
1,457 |
5.71 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
1,435 |
5.63 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
1,237 |
4.85 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
1,061 |
4.16 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
990 |
3.88 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
931 |
3.65 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
919 |
3.60 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
5 |
829 |
3.25 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
657 |
2.58 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
583 |
2.29 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
508 |
1.99 |
| Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc. |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
500 |
1.96 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
484 |
1.90 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
471 |
1.85 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
356 |
1.40 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
349 |
1.37 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
320 |
1.26 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
246 |
0.96 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
172 |
0.67 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
114 |
0.45 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
102 |
0.40 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
100 |
0.39 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
94 |
0.37 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
75 |
0.29 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
57 |
0.22 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
38 |
0.15 |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
25 |
0.10 |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
19 |
0.07 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
16 |
0.06 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
5 |
0.02 |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
12 |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 316 | 164,003 | | |
The population of Caddo Parish, Louisiana was 254,969 in 2010; in 2000 it was 252,161. The total population changed 1.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (164,003) included 64.3% of the total population in 2010.
*
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.
