Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-5 |
-85 |
-6.1% |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
-31 |
-23702 |
-32.4% |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
-223 |
-5.9% |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
-2 |
-2.5% |
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+2 |
-19500 |
-82.6% |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+4 |
+3868 |
+29.3% |
Armenian Evangelical Churches (Additional) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+9 |
+4990 |
+7.8% |
Assemblies of God International Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+7 |
+87 |
+26% |
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
-5 |
+1715 |
+27% |
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+1 |
+177 |
+931.6% |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
--- |
--- |
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+12 |
--- |
--- |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
-4 |
-263383 |
-6.9% |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
-445 |
-6.2% |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
+16 |
-4236 |
-33.8% |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-6 |
+3776 |
+15.9% |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+12 |
+3562 |
+56.3% |
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-10 |
-987 |
-16.6% |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+8 |
+770 |
+19.3% |
Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
0 |
+4 |
+12.1% |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+1 |
-81 |
-6.5% |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
-13 |
+53222 |
+54.7% |
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-1 |
-354 |
-22.5% |
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
+2523 |
+13% |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-10 |
-2744 |
-14.1% |
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
-6 |
-465 |
-36.2% |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-1 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+2 |
-1457 |
-23% |
Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Lutheran Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-5 |
-7100 |
-52.6% |
Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+4 |
--- |
--- |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
-1 |
-8196 |
-17.7% |
Eritrean Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Ethiopian Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
+16 |
+1838 |
+29.8% |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
+3 |
-523 |
-6.7% |
Evangelical Friends Church International* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
-7 |
-8695 |
-26.8% |
Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
0 |
+3 |
+9.7% |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+9 |
+2284 |
+4.4% |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-2 |
-56 |
-1.4% |
Friends United Meeting* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-1 |
--- |
--- |
Georgian Orthodox Parishes in the United States |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Grace Gospel Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
+1310 |
+16.7% |
Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
-15 |
-11.1% |
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Independent Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+1 |
-6260 |
-50.4% |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-5 |
--- |
--- |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
+2 |
+1347 |
+40.4% |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Korean-American Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
-6 |
-6799 |
-27.1% |
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
-300 |
-50% |
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
+126 |
+140% |
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+2 |
+45 |
+12% |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+6 |
+807 |
+61.7% |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
-3 |
-213 |
-27.4% |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+9 |
+3259 |
+241.1% |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
0 |
-12 |
-5.3% |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
+11 |
-23839 |
-25.7% |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-5 |
-1653 |
-40.4% |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-1 |
-90 |
-24.2% |
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
-8 |
-7.1% |
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+5 |
-630 |
-36.4% |
Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-3 |
+86 |
+15.8% |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-11 |
+2103 |
+179% |
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Pillar of Fire |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-17 |
-13649 |
-26.2% |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+12 |
-39 |
-3.7% |
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+2 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+1 |
-298 |
-4.5% |
Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
0 |
-19 |
-30.2% |
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+1 |
-188 |
-42.9% |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
--- |
--- |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-10 |
-1261 |
-14.3% |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
+1 |
+440 |
+9.2% |
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
+19 |
-4118 |
-8.5% |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
--- |
--- |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+205 |
-11305 |
-10.1% |
Swedenborgian Church |
Other |
Spiritualist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
-1700 |
-26.2% |
Tao |
Other |
Other Groups |
+1 |
--- |
--- |
U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-3 |
+648 |
+147.3% |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
-440 |
-52.4% |
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
+1 |
+119 |
+4.3% |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+3 |
-821 |
-7% |
United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-23 |
-4749 |
-8.7% |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+1 |
--- |
--- |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Vicariate for the Palestinian/Jordanian Orthodox Christian Communities |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-3 |
+6111 |
+142.3% |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-2 |
-350 |
-7.7% |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
0 |
-84 |
-6.7% |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | +189 | -325854 | -6.7% |
The population of Los Angeles County, California was 9,519,338 in 2000; in 1990 it was 8,863,164. The total population changed 7.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (5,528,814) included 58.1% of the total population in 2000.
The population of Los Angeles County, California was 9,818,605 in 2010; in 2000 it was 9,519,338. The total population changed 3.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (5,214,110) included 53.1% of the total population in 2010.
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.