Adventist Family
Adventist churches originate from founder William Miller in the late 19th century, who taught that Christ soon would return to earth and that Saturday rather than Sunday should be observed as the Sabbath. The Adventist family includes the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which was founded by Ellen Gould White and James Springer White, as well as offshoots such as the Advent Christian Church.
Maps: Adventist Family1
Adherence Rate per 1,000 (2020)
Congregations (2020)
Top 5 Adventist Family States (2020)1 [View all states]
| Rank | State | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | 97,432 | 23.00 |
| 2 | Hawaii | 32,500 | 22.30 |
| 3 | Florida | 437,313 | 20.30 |
| 4 | California | 719,892 | 18.20 |
| 5 | Washington | 138,947 | 18.00 |
Top 5 Adventist Family Counties (2020)1 [View all counties]
| Rank | County | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walla Walla County, Washington | 7,209 | 115.20 |
| 2 | Upton County, Texas | 310 | 93.70 |
| 3 | Lewis County, Idaho | 323 | 91.40 |
| 4 | Berrien County, Michigan | 11,954 | 77.50 |
| 5 | Sherman County, Kansas | 371 | 62.60 |
Top 5 Adventist Family Metro Areas (2020)1 [View all Metro Areas]
| Rank | Metro Area | Adherents | Adherence Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walla Walla, WA Metro Area | 7,209 | 115.20 |
| 2 | Niles, MI Metro Area | 11,954 | 77.50 |
| 3 | Othello, WA Micro Area | 1,229 | 59.60 |
| 4 | Hermiston-Pendleton, OR Micro Area | 5,044 | 54.70 |
| 5 | Napa, CA Metro Area | 6,887 | 49.90 |
Adventist Family: Adherence Rates (1980 - 2020)1
| Group | Tradition | Adh. Rate 2020 | Adh. Rate 2010 | Adh. Rate 2000 | Adh. Rate 1990 | Adh. Rate 1980 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advent Christian Church | Evangelical Protestant | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.16 | ||
| Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith, McDonough, GA) | Evangelical Protestant | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) | Evangelical Protestant | 0.03 | 0.02 | |||
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Jehovah's Witnesses | 9.10 | ||||
| Primitive Advent Christian Church | Evangelical Protestant | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | Evangelical Protestant | 4.04 | 3.87 | 3.28 | 3.63 | 2.97 |
| United Church of God | Other Christians | |||||
Sources
1 The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155. [More information on the data sources]
