State 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† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
730 |
1,260,660 |
256.26 |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
795 |
0.16 |
Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
5 |
0.00 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
212 |
56,028 |
11.39 |
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
84 |
12,542 |
2.55 |
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
102 |
0.02 |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
88 |
18,946 |
3.85 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
56 |
7,523 |
1.53 |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
31 |
9,675 |
1.97 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
434 |
0.09 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
16 |
1,754 |
0.36 |
Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
6 |
312 |
0.06 |
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
50 |
0.01 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
174 |
0.04 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
299 |
0.06 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
43 |
4,442 |
0.90 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
42 |
2,975 |
0.60 |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
38 |
5,090 |
1.03 |
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
16 |
5,296 |
1.08 |
Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
39 |
0.01 |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
150 |
46,577 |
9.47 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
101 |
22,515 |
4.58 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
136 |
28,873 |
5.87 |
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
272 |
0.06 |
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
12 |
860 |
0.17 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
10 |
440 |
0.09 |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
26 |
3,127 |
0.64 |
Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Communal |
9 |
900 |
0.18 |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
10 |
12,980 |
2.64 |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
10 |
8,225 |
1.67 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
478 |
0.10 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
95 |
0.02 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
453 |
203,863 |
41.44 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
16 |
1,402 |
0.28 |
Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
6 |
398 |
0.08 |
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
67 |
9,446 |
1.92 |
North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
1,393 |
0.28 |
Old Order Amish |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
13 |
844 |
0.17 |
Old Order Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
30 |
0.01 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
307 |
0.06 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
533 |
0.11 |
Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
68 |
0.01 |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
382 |
0.08 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
23 |
8,141 |
1.65 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
69 |
6,894 |
1.40 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
45 |
5,458 |
1.11 |
Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
613 |
0.12 |
United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
127 |
0.03 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
1,616 |
0.33 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
15 |
1,682 |
0.34 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
153 |
53,867 |
10.95 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
35 |
11,643 |
2.37 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
2,537 |
0.52 |
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
256 |
0.05 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
121 |
30,547 |
6.21 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
1,183 |
853,448 |
173.48 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
10 |
558 |
0.11 |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
275 |
0.06 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
2 |
407 |
0.08 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
7 |
1,350 |
0.27 |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
9 |
6,575 |
1.34 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
190 |
56,579 |
11.50 |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
24 |
7,836 |
1.59 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
146 |
44,175 |
8.98 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
414 |
117,990 |
23.98 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
512 |
0.10 |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
560 |
0.11 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
4,029 |
0.82 |
Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
36 |
0.01 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
1,662 |
0.34 |
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
175 |
0.04 |
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
262 |
0.05 |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
4 |
1,672 |
0.34 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA (New Gracanica Metropolitanate) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
1,191 |
0.24 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
19 |
1,710 |
0.35 |
Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
17 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
68 |
20,122 |
4.09 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
9 |
595 |
0.12 |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
25 |
42,000 |
8.54 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
11 |
12,305 |
2.50 |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
23 |
4,956 |
1.01 |
| | Totals: | 5,115 | 3,035,510 | |
The population of Minnesota was 4,919,479 in 2000; in 1990 it was 4,375,099. The total population changed 12.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (3,035,510) included 61.7% of the total population in 2000.
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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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