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† |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
3 |
3,500 |
4.65 |
| Church of God General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
1 |
34 |
0.05 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
10 |
3,575 |
4.75 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
473 |
0.63 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
1,548 |
2.06 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
324 |
0.43 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
9 |
3,334 |
4.43 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
20 |
2,067 |
2.74 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
165 |
0.22 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
1,306 |
1.73 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
171 |
0.23 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
186 |
0.25 |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
186 |
0.25 |
| Primitive Baptist Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
19 |
6,056 |
8.04 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
16 |
220,762 |
293.10 |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
375 |
0.50 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
188 |
0.25 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
9 |
4,859 |
6.45 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
278 |
0.37 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
24 |
0.03 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
32 |
0.04 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
10 |
1,172 |
1.56 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
4,910 |
6.52 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
261 |
0.35 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
148 |
0.20 |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
6 |
15,000 |
19.92 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
42 |
15,907 |
21.12 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
2 |
119 |
0.16 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
3 |
474 |
0.63 |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
292 |
0.39 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
12 |
8,503 |
11.29 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
11 |
4,827 |
6.41 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
157 |
0.21 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
557 |
0.74 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
5 |
1,330 |
1.77 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
17 |
7,016 |
9.31 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
10 |
525 |
0.70 |
| Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
1,891 |
2.51 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
19 |
3,409 |
4.53 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
750 |
1.00 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
154 |
0.20 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
28 |
5,095 |
6.76 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
4,250 |
5.64 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
167 |
0.22 |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
246 |
0.33 |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
1,279 |
1.70 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
154 |
0.20 |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
245 |
0.33 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
44 |
0.06 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
13 |
6,679 |
8.87 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
668 |
0.89 |
| | Totals: | 364 | 335,672 | | |
The population of Ventura County, California was 753,197 in 2000; in 1990 it was 669,016. The total population changed 12.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (335,672) included 44.6% 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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