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U.S. Congregational Membership Reports

Explore congregational membership in every county, state, and urban area in the United States. Based on the Religious Congregations and Membership Study collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies this is the most complete census available on religious congregations and their members.

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National Profiles

ARDA's National Profiles provide detailed data by country on religious adherents, religious freedom, demographics and a host of other social measures. Choose a country below to see its profile:

U.S. Denominations

The American Denominations feature provides detailed information and family trees for over 400 U.S. religious denominations.

QuickStats: U.S. Surveys

Use QuickStats to browse dozens of topics and see reponses from major national surveys, demographic patterns, and changes over time! Available topics:

GIS Maps and Reports

ARDA's Geographic Profiles allow

you to view maps of the social, economic, demographic, and religious landscape of the United States, all the way down to the neighborhood level. You can even generate a summary report using a variety of options.

QuickLists

Use QuickLists to see rank-ordered data on religion in the U.S. and around the world. See our most popular topics:

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Data Archive

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Updates to the Data Archive

The following files have recently been added:

•	National Congregations Study, Cumulative Dataset (1998 and 2006-2007)
•	National Congregations Study, Panel Dataset (1998 and 2006-2007)
•	General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
•	National Study of Youth and Religion, Waves 2 (2005) and 3 (2007-2008)

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International Surveys and Data
	•	Cross-National Data
	•	Multiple Nation Surveys
	•	Single Nation Surveys

U.S. Church Membership Data
	•	County-Level Data
	•	State-Level Data

U.S. Surveys -->General Population
	*National Surveys*
		•	Baylor Religion Surveys
		•	General Social Surveys
		•	National Election Studies
		•	National Studies of Youth and Religion (NSYR)
		•	Panel Study of American Religion and Ethnicity (PS-ARE)
		•	Pew Research Center
		•	Other National Surveys
	*Local/Regional Surveys*
		•	Middletown Data
		•	Southern Focus Polls
		•	Other Local/Regional Surveys

US Surveys -->Denominations/Other Religious Groups
	*Surveys of Congregations/Other Religious Organizations*
		•	Faith Communities Today
		•	National Congregations Study
		•	U.S. Congregational Life Survey
		•	Other Surveys
	*Surveys of Members or Leaders*
		•	Adventist
		•	Baptist
		•	Catholic
		•	Jewish
		•	Lutheran
		•	Methodist
		•	Mormon
		•	Nazarene
		•	Presbyterian
		•	Unitarian-Universalist
		•	Other Groups

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