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.
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Reports
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Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
13 |
35,605 |
81.86 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
65 |
30,170 |
69.36 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
86 |
28,904 |
66.45 |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
70 |
20,122 |
46.26 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
37 |
14,750 |
33.91 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
15 |
3,940 |
9.06 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
21 |
3,368 |
7.74 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
14 |
3,189 |
7.33 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
5 |
2,677 |
6.15 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
16 |
2,505 |
5.76 |
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
2,453 |
5.64 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
2,156 |
4.96 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
1,904 |
4.38 |
Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
11 |
1,830 |
4.21 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
8 |
1,604 |
3.69 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
1,565 |
3.60 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
1,158 |
2.66 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
4 |
1,137 |
2.61 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
813 |
1.87 |
Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
5 |
784 |
1.80 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
4 |
761 |
1.75 |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
680 |
1.56 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
559 |
1.29 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
515 |
1.18 |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
426 |
0.98 |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
426 |
0.98 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
418 |
0.96 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
387 |
0.89 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
351 |
0.81 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
346 |
0.80 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
340 |
0.78 |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
335 |
0.77 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
304 |
0.70 |
Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
266 |
0.61 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
261 |
0.60 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
250 |
0.57 |
Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
212 |
0.49 |
Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
183 |
0.42 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
161 |
0.37 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
160 |
0.37 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
152 |
0.35 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
150 |
0.34 |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
122 |
0.28 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
118 |
0.27 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
112 |
0.26 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
80 |
0.18 |
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
73 |
0.17 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
66 |
0.15 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
43 |
0.10 |
Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
43 |
0.10 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
17 |
0.04 |
Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
11 |
0.03 |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Elim Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
11 |
--- |
--- |
North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 488 | 168,962 | |
The population of York County, Pennsylvania was 434,972 in 2010; in 2000 it was 381,751. The total population changed 13.9%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (168,962) included 38.8% 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.
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