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† |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
21 |
75,672 |
183.92 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
80 |
42,411 |
103.08 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
61 |
27,159 |
66.01 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
42 |
8,565 |
20.82 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
20 |
7,777 |
18.90 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
13 |
7,373 |
17.92 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
14 |
3,109 |
7.56 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
15 |
2,973 |
7.23 |
| Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
2,718 |
6.61 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
2,037 |
4.95 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
1,695 |
4.12 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
1,618 |
3.93 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
6 |
1,591 |
3.87 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
18 |
1,281 |
3.11 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
1,267 |
3.08 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
996 |
2.42 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
812 |
1.97 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
767 |
1.86 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
643 |
1.56 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
621 |
1.51 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
618 |
1.50 |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
570 |
1.39 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
549 |
1.33 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
490 |
1.19 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
383 |
0.93 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
382 |
0.93 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
330 |
0.80 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
258 |
0.63 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
248 |
0.60 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
235 |
0.57 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
200 |
0.49 |
| Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
200 |
0.49 |
| Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
200 |
0.49 |
| Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
183 |
0.44 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
180 |
0.44 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
160 |
0.39 |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
143 |
0.35 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
116 |
0.28 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
85 |
0.21 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
83 |
0.20 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
64 |
0.16 |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
60 |
0.15 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
54 |
0.13 |
| Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
31 |
0.08 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
30 |
0.07 |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
10 |
0.02 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
9 |
0.02 |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
8 |
--- |
--- |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 402 | 196,956 | | |
The population of Berks County, Pennsylvania was 411,442 in 2010; in 2000 it was 373,638. The total population changed 10.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (196,956) included 47.9% 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.
