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† |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
41 |
28,611 |
18.61 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
416 |
0.27 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
1,400 |
0.91 |
| Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
6,272 |
4.08 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
43 |
6,019 |
3.92 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
1,570 |
1.02 |
| Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
43 |
--- |
--- |
| Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
600 |
0.39 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
110 |
564,505 |
367.23 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
1,411 |
0.92 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
823 |
0.54 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
318 |
0.21 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
95 |
0.06 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
8 |
980 |
0.64 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
154 |
0.10 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
10 |
3,825 |
2.49 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
432 |
0.28 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
999 |
0.65 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
2 |
74 |
0.05 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
590 |
0.38 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
29 |
0.02 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
418 |
0.27 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
47 |
23,742 |
15.45 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
28 |
0.02 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
18 |
4,725 |
3.07 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
50 |
0.03 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
137 |
0.09 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
115 |
0.07 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
99 |
0.06 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
11 |
5,403 |
3.51 |
| Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
10 |
--- |
--- |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
7,868 |
5.12 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
115 |
0.07 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
40 |
0.03 |
| Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
102 |
314,500 |
204.59 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
4 |
1,588 |
1.03 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
152 |
0.10 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
416 |
0.27 |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
1,211 |
0.79 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
16 |
37,078 |
24.12 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
421 |
0.27 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
500 |
0.33 |
| Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
30 |
10,715 |
6.97 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
1,635 |
1.06 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
9 |
12,439 |
8.09 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
751 |
0.49 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
4,000 |
2.60 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
15 |
6,339 |
4.12 |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
15 |
1,634 |
1.06 |
| Tao |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
693 |
0.45 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
3 |
2,132 |
1.39 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
13 |
4,104 |
2.67 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
21 |
12,900 |
8.39 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
144 |
0.09 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
160 |
0.10 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 665 | 1,075,375 | | |
The population of New York County, New York was 1,537,195 in 2000; in 1990 it was 1,487,536. The total population changed 3.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,075,375) included 70.0% of the total population in 2000.
*
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.
