Metro-Area Membership Report
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.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
194 |
0.24 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
267 |
0.33 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
8 |
1,661 |
2.02 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
414 |
0.50 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
1,710 |
2.08 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
16 |
3,365 |
4.10 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
132 |
0.16 |
| Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
13 |
4,001 |
4.87 |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
11 |
0.01 |
| Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
78 |
0.09 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
77 |
190,201 |
231.62 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
1,291 |
1.57 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
138 |
0.17 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
183 |
0.22 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
55 |
0.07 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
382 |
0.47 |
| Church of God by Faith, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
6 |
2,724 |
3.32 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
113 |
0.14 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
668 |
0.81 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
915 |
1.11 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
353 |
0.43 |
| Congregational Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
42 |
0.05 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
3 |
2,133 |
2.60 |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
158 |
0.19 |
| Elim Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
23 |
5,411 |
6.59 |
| Ethiopian Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
19 |
3,362 |
4.09 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
7 |
2,501 |
3.05 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
121 |
62,389 |
75.98 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
99 |
0.12 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
365 |
0.44 |
| Free Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
152 |
0.19 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Grace Gospel Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
1,600 |
1.95 |
| Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc. |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
10,862 |
13.23 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
10 |
0.01 |
| Hindu, Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
12 |
0.01 |
| Hindu, Traditional Temples |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
500 |
0.61 |
| Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
19 |
--- |
--- |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
6 |
1,596 |
1.94 |
| Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
1,018 |
1.24 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
478 |
0.58 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
161 |
0.20 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
150 |
0.18 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
14 |
5,846 |
7.12 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
6 |
5,126 |
6.24 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
488 |
0.59 |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
66 |
15,947 |
19.42 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
1,008 |
1.23 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
465 |
0.57 |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
3 |
800 |
0.97 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
586 |
0.71 |
| Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
100 |
0.12 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
109 |
0.13 |
| Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
32 |
11,840 |
14.42 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
474 |
0.58 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
302 |
0.37 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
3 |
1,728 |
2.10 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
1,238 |
1.51 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
12 |
1,460 |
1.78 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
291 |
0.35 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
950 |
1.16 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
2 |
366 |
0.45 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
87 |
38,350 |
46.70 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
55 |
19,959 |
24.31 |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
9 |
2,023 |
2.46 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
11 |
0.01 |
| | Totals: | 745 | 411,322 | | |
The population of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 821,173 in 2010; in 2000 it was 740,395. The total population changed 10.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (411,322) included 50.1% of the total population in 2010.
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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.
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