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 |
36 |
126,612 |
253.09 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
54 |
28,460 |
56.89 |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
6 |
11,900 |
23.79 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
26 |
11,350 |
22.69 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
19 |
9,162 |
18.31 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
11 |
5,384 |
10.76 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
4,527 |
9.05 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
4,132 |
8.26 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
3,691 |
7.38 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
7 |
3,241 |
6.48 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
2,076 |
4.15 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
1 |
2,000 |
4.00 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
5 |
1,823 |
3.64 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
8 |
1,797 |
3.59 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
3 |
1,486 |
2.97 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
5 |
1,462 |
2.92 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
1,033 |
2.06 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
950 |
1.90 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
796 |
1.59 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
652 |
1.30 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
547 |
1.09 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
530 |
1.06 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
456 |
0.91 |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
450 |
0.90 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
386 |
0.77 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
340 |
0.68 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
322 |
0.64 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
321 |
0.64 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
305 |
0.61 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
278 |
0.56 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
245 |
0.49 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
231 |
0.46 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
228 |
0.46 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
227 |
0.45 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
165 |
0.33 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
160 |
0.32 |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
139 |
0.28 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
112 |
0.22 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
100 |
0.20 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
98 |
0.20 |
| Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
81 |
0.16 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
80 |
0.16 |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
30 |
0.06 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
29 |
0.06 |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
11 |
0.02 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Primitive Baptist Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 278 | 228,405 | | |
The population of New Castle County, Delaware was 500,265 in 2000; in 1990 it was 441,946. The total population changed 13.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (228,405) included 45.7% of the total population in 2000.
*
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.
