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 |
% Change |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
+1 |
+578 |
+60.1% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
+95 |
+66.4% |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
+76 |
+58.9% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
+69 |
+115% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
0 |
+65 |
+7.9% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+2 |
+63 |
+10.8% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
+55 |
+52.4% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
+24 |
+68.6% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
+1 |
+18 |
+0.2% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
0 |
+13 |
+14.4% |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
+8 |
+2.7% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
0 |
+6 |
+15.8% |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
-1 |
+1 |
+3.1% |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-1 |
-2 |
-11.8% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
0 |
-4 |
-0.8% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
-12 |
-10% |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
0 |
-24 |
-23.5% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
-31 |
-83.8% |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
-43 |
-58.1% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
-53 |
-23.6% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+2 |
-57 |
-7.5% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+1 |
-70 |
-9.9% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
-82 |
-12.7% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+1 |
-110 |
-10.5% |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
-137 |
-66.2% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
-1 |
-243 |
-10.3% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-3 |
-258 |
-77% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
-1 |
-341 |
-49.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-1 |
-419 |
-41.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-5 |
-500 |
-5% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+1 |
-548 |
-40.2% |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Bruderhof Communities, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Fundamental Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | -4 | -1863 | -5.7% | |
The population of the Morgantown, WV, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 111,200 in 2000; in 1990 it was 104,546. The total population changed 6.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (33,145) included 29.8% of the total population in 2000.
The population of the Morgantown, WV, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 129,709 in 2010; in 2000 it was 111,200. The total population changed 16.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (35,596) included 27.4% 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.
