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 |
74 |
451,070 |
167.03 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
323 |
175,149 |
64.86 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
140 |
82,611 |
30.59 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
186 |
45,535 |
16.86 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
61 |
30,545 |
11.31 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
17,727 |
6.56 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
37 |
13,148 |
4.87 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
21 |
10,576 |
3.92 |
| Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
18 |
10,504 |
3.89 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
23 |
7,739 |
2.87 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
26 |
6,615 |
2.45 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
24 |
6,196 |
2.29 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
17 |
5,564 |
2.06 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
5,375 |
1.99 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
30 |
5,235 |
1.94 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
21 |
5,121 |
1.90 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
36 |
5,003 |
1.85 |
| Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
6 |
4,016 |
1.49 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
4 |
3,085 |
1.14 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
17 |
2,991 |
1.11 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
30 |
2,829 |
1.05 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
5 |
2,424 |
0.90 |
| Hindu, Traditional Temples |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
2,000 |
0.74 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
9 |
1,991 |
0.74 |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
3 |
1,861 |
0.69 |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
8 |
1,760 |
0.65 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
14 |
1,723 |
0.64 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
7 |
1,700 |
0.63 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
1,586 |
0.59 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
1,416 |
0.52 |
| Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
1,355 |
0.50 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
1,301 |
0.48 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
10 |
1,017 |
0.38 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
937 |
0.35 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
841 |
0.31 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
828 |
0.31 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
800 |
0.30 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
769 |
0.28 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
609 |
0.23 |
| Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
600 |
0.22 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
2 |
445 |
0.16 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
436 |
0.16 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
379 |
0.14 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
327 |
0.12 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
2 |
317 |
0.12 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
314 |
0.12 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
267 |
0.10 |
| Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
260 |
0.10 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
259 |
0.10 |
| Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
240 |
0.09 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
225 |
0.08 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
217 |
0.08 |
| Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
5 |
207 |
0.08 |
| Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
200 |
0.07 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
186 |
0.07 |
| National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
186 |
0.07 |
| Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
184 |
0.07 |
| Eritrean Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
150 |
0.06 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
136 |
0.05 |
| Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
6 |
136 |
0.05 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
125 |
0.05 |
| Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
112 |
0.04 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
112 |
0.04 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
72 |
0.03 |
| Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
61 |
0.02 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
60 |
0.02 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
56 |
0.02 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
43 |
0.02 |
| Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
24 |
0.01 |
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
24 |
0.01 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
23 |
0.01 |
| Hindu, Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
12 |
0.00 |
| Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
8 |
0.00 |
| Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Association of Messianic Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
22 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
--- |
--- |
| Ethiopian Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
--- |
--- |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
5 |
--- |
--- |
| Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
27 |
--- |
--- |
| Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
8 |
--- |
--- |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 1,392 | 927,955 | | |
The population of Nevada was 2,700,551 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,998,257. The total population changed 35.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (927,955) included 34.4% 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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