County 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† |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
279 |
116,389 |
67.87 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
204 |
113,976 |
66.47 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
102 |
528,827 |
308.39 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
57 |
41,276 |
24.07 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
49 |
18,071 |
10.54 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
40 |
24,489 |
14.28 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
35 |
7,170 |
4.18 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
33 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
26 |
10,345 |
6.03 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
26 |
10,579 |
6.17 |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
22 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
21 |
2,727 |
1.59 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
19 |
3,649 |
2.13 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
19 |
11,006 |
6.42 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
15 |
3,206 |
1.87 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
14 |
1,162 |
0.68 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
12 |
2,360 |
1.38 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
2,028 |
1.18 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
12 |
11,316 |
6.60 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
11 |
1,409 |
0.82 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
10 |
1,520 |
0.89 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
9 |
20,456 |
11.93 |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
8 |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
8 |
3,123 |
1.82 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
7 |
2,285 |
1.33 |
| Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
--- |
--- |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
6 |
2,497 |
1.46 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
345 |
0.20 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
654 |
0.38 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
3,118 |
1.82 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
130 |
0.08 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
237 |
0.14 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
2,906 |
1.69 |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
116 |
0.07 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
178 |
0.10 |
| Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
898 |
0.52 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
677 |
0.39 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
338 |
0.20 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
254 |
0.15 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
2 |
241 |
0.14 |
| Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
88 |
0.05 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
398 |
0.23 |
| Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc. |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
1,992 |
1.16 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
58 |
0.03 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
1,237 |
0.72 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
132 |
0.08 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
381 |
0.22 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
179 |
0.10 |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
1,170 |
0.68 |
| Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
2 |
528 |
0.31 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
169 |
0.10 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
627 |
0.37 |
| Alliance of Baptists |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
175 |
0.10 |
| Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
60 |
0.03 |
| Association of Messianic Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
678 |
0.40 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
52 |
0.03 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
95 |
0.06 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
192 |
0.11 |
| Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
1,220 |
0.71 |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
165 |
0.10 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America |
Black Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
75 |
0.04 |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
155 |
0.09 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
45 |
0.03 |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
108 |
0.06 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
350 |
0.20 |
| Hindu, Traditional Temples |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
2,000 |
1.17 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
482 |
0.28 |
| Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
75 |
0.04 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
269 |
0.16 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
38 |
0.02 |
| National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
19 |
0.01 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
106 |
0.06 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
109 |
0.06 |
| Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
1,301 |
0.76 |
| Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
140 |
0.08 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
2,773 |
1.62 |
| Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
130 |
0.08 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
6 |
0.00 |
| | Totals: | 1,189 | 967,735 | | |
The population of Bexar County, Texas was 1,714,773 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,392,931. The total population changed 23.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (967,735) included 56.4% 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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