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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
62 |
25,941 |
96.94 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
61 |
21,434 |
80.10 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
4 |
10,471 |
39.13 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
29 |
10,157 |
37.96 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
9 |
8,651 |
32.33 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
10 |
4,670 |
17.45 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
6 |
2,644 |
9.88 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
2,228 |
8.33 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
2,210 |
8.26 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
5 |
2,004 |
7.49 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
4 |
1,761 |
6.58 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
1,664 |
6.22 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
1,606 |
6.00 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
1,299 |
4.85 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
4 |
1,188 |
4.44 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
1,178 |
4.40 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
1,154 |
4.31 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
6 |
1,154 |
4.31 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
1,040 |
3.89 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
1,000 |
3.74 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
877 |
3.28 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
2 |
758 |
2.83 |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
651 |
2.43 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
610 |
2.28 |
| Convention of Original Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
601 |
2.25 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
557 |
2.08 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
535 |
2.00 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
519 |
1.94 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
400 |
1.49 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
381 |
1.42 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
373 |
1.39 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
281 |
1.05 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
275 |
1.03 |
| Moravian Church in America--Southern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
219 |
0.82 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
206 |
0.77 |
| Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
179 |
0.67 |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
179 |
0.67 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
154 |
0.58 |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
113 |
0.42 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
100 |
0.37 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
98 |
0.37 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
97 |
0.36 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
90 |
0.34 |
| Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
85 |
0.32 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
61 |
0.23 |
| Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
52 |
0.19 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
49 |
0.18 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
38 |
0.14 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
35 |
0.13 |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
25 |
0.09 |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
15 |
0.06 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
12 |
0.04 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
11 |
0.04 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
3 |
0.01 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Alliance of Baptists |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 306 | 112,093 | | |
The population of Durham County, North Carolina was 267,587 in 2010; in 2000 it was 223,314. The total population changed 19.8%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (112,093) included 41.9% of the total population in 2010.
*
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.
