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† |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
245 |
0.58 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
330 |
0.78 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
453 |
1.07 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
13 |
60,509 |
143.59 |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
10 |
7,141 |
16.95 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
70 |
0.17 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
182 |
0.43 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
65 |
0.15 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
65 |
0.15 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
1,058 |
2.51 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
552 |
1.31 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
743 |
1.76 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
602 |
1.43 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
60 |
0.14 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
66 |
0.16 |
| Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
1,716 |
4.07 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
17 |
13,462 |
31.95 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
66 |
0.16 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
130 |
0.31 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
4 |
1,536 |
3.64 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
26 |
4,561 |
10.82 |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
251 |
0.60 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
231 |
0.55 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
508 |
1.21 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
51 |
0.12 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
7 |
1,600 |
3.80 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
4 |
1,407 |
3.34 |
| Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
24 |
0.06 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
1,264 |
3.00 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
338 |
0.80 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
5 |
3,002 |
7.12 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
375 |
0.89 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
60 |
0.14 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
55 |
0.13 |
| Association of Messianic Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
299 |
0.71 |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
557 |
1.32 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
33 |
19,436 |
46.12 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
158 |
0.37 |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
173 |
0.41 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
35 |
0.08 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
308 |
0.73 |
| National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
60 |
0.14 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
413 |
0.98 |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
289 |
0.69 |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 214 | 124,506 | | |
The population of Washoe County, Nevada was 421,407 in 2010; in 2000 it was 339,486. The total population changed 24.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (124,506) included 29.5% 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.
