Churches of Christ

U.S. Membership Data

The following tables and charts provide U.S. membership data for Churches of Christ available on the ARDA.
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Churches of Christ Members*

Year	Members
2005	1,639,495
1999	1,500,000
1997	1,800,000
1996	2,250,000
1995	1,655,000
1994	1,651,103
1993	1,651,103
1992	1,684,872
1990	1,683,346
1989	1,626,000

* Presented are the last 10 years of membership data we have available (1989 - 2006). From 1989 to 2006 Churches of Christ grew by 13,495 members, an increase of less than 1 percent.

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Top Five Counties by Membership (2010)

	Members	Members (per 1,000)
Dallas County, TX	41,160	17.38
Davidson County, TN	35,421	56.52
Harris County, TX	33,525	8.19
Tarrant County, TX	31,905	17.64
Shelby County, TN	18,798	20.26

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More Membership Resources

The ARDA provides several more, in-depth resources related to Churches of Christ membership. Click on a link below to visit a resource, which will open in a new tab.

•	View more U.S. Maps, with the ability to compare maps
•	View maps of individual states with data from 1980-2010
•	View a sortable, ranked list of all counties
•	View a sortable, ranked list of all metro areas
•	View a sortable, ranked list of all states

Membership by State (2010)*

* This map displays the number of people per 1,000 that are members of Churches of Christ. Hover the mouse over states to see values.

Darker colors = higher rates. For example, in Tennessee, 33.74 out of every 1,000 people are Churches of Christ members. Click here to view a ranked list of all states (opens in new tab).

Top Five States by Membership (2010)

	Members	Members (per 1,000)
Texas	351,129	13.96
Tennessee	214,118	33.74
Alabama	114,015	23.85
Arkansas	84,635	29.03
Oklahoma	77,495	20.66

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Top Five Metro Areas by Membership (2010)

	Members	Members (per 1,000)
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area	103,388	16.09
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, Metropolitan Statistical Area	92,090	55.11
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area	49,743	8.40
Memphis, TN-MS-AR, Metropolitan Statistical Area	28,676	21.65
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Metropolitan Statistical Area	27,227	5.15

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Data Sources

Churches of Christ Members:
Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR).

Membership by State Map and all other tables:
2000 and 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 ASARB.