State 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† |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
383 |
109,283 |
59.84 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
350 |
372,838 |
204.14 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
269 |
112,585 |
61.65 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
250 |
110,110 |
60.29 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
146 |
29,325 |
16.06 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
132 |
28,329 |
15.51 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
98 |
20,118 |
11.02 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
91 |
19,487 |
10.67 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
80 |
16,418 |
8.99 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
75 |
16,427 |
8.99 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
73 |
14,234 |
7.79 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
62 |
23,398 |
12.81 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
56 |
7,981 |
4.37 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
55 |
8,436 |
4.62 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
54 |
10,679 |
5.85 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
51 |
8,804 |
4.82 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
49 |
4,308 |
2.36 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
46 |
--- |
--- |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
34 |
5,744 |
3.15 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
31 |
4,281 |
2.34 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
31 |
3,570 |
1.95 |
| Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
30 |
15,692 |
8.59 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
21 |
13,500 |
7.39 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
19 |
2,238 |
1.23 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
17 |
2,372 |
1.30 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
17 |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
17 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
15 |
559 |
0.31 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
15 |
1,726 |
0.95 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
14 |
1,311 |
0.72 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
13 |
2,213 |
1.21 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
13 |
9,036 |
4.95 |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
11 |
4,101 |
2.25 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
11 |
954 |
0.52 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
11 |
3,040 |
1.66 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
11 |
4,192 |
2.30 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
9 |
1,128 |
0.62 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
8 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
1,952 |
1.07 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
8 |
6,156 |
3.37 |
| U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
776 |
0.42 |
| Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
--- |
--- |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
6 |
--- |
--- |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
6 |
887 |
0.49 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
259 |
0.14 |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6 |
498 |
0.27 |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6 |
2,127 |
1.16 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
5 |
816 |
0.45 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
5 |
684 |
0.37 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
5 |
725 |
0.40 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
5 |
228 |
0.12 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
346 |
0.19 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
256 |
0.14 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
195 |
0.11 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
295 |
0.16 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
217 |
0.12 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
4 |
868 |
0.48 |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
275 |
0.15 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
475 |
0.26 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
302 |
0.17 |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
356 |
0.19 |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
161 |
0.09 |
| North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
509 |
0.28 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
252 |
0.14 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
288 |
0.16 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
1,658 |
0.91 |
| Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
44 |
0.02 |
| Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
315 |
0.17 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
70 |
0.04 |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
430 |
0.24 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
2,236 |
1.22 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
185 |
0.10 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
359 |
0.20 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
95 |
0.05 |
| Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
15 |
0.01 |
| Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
107 |
0.06 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
126 |
0.07 |
| Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
1 |
113 |
0.06 |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
45 |
0.02 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
1,071 |
0.59 |
| Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
66 |
0.04 |
| Friends United Meeting* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Hindu, Traditional Temples |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
500 |
0.27 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
111 |
0.06 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
158 |
0.09 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
189 |
0.10 |
| National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
82 |
0.04 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
223 |
0.12 |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Tao |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
11 |
0.01 |
| | Totals: | 2,860 | 1,016,529 | | |
The population of Nebraska was 1,826,341 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,711,263. The total population changed 6.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,016,529) included 55.7% 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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