Metro-Area 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 |
54 |
162,705 |
246.40 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
65 |
35,409 |
53.62 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
30 |
18,273 |
27.67 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
20 |
10,255 |
15.53 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
15 |
9,779 |
14.81 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
21 |
8,546 |
12.94 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
14 |
7,711 |
11.68 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
14 |
6,936 |
10.50 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
14 |
6,571 |
9.95 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
15 |
5,807 |
8.79 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
19 |
4,755 |
7.20 |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
11 |
4,130 |
6.25 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
11 |
3,348 |
5.07 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
19 |
2,847 |
4.31 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
17 |
2,283 |
3.46 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
2,259 |
3.42 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
2,244 |
3.40 |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
3 |
2,239 |
3.39 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
1,280 |
1.94 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
1,227 |
1.86 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
10 |
1,165 |
1.76 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
4 |
1,158 |
1.75 |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
1,077 |
1.63 |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
5 |
768 |
1.16 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
2 |
759 |
1.15 |
| Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
603 |
0.91 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
486 |
0.74 |
| Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
479 |
0.73 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
422 |
0.64 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
416 |
0.63 |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
403 |
0.61 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
6 |
381 |
0.58 |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
223 |
0.34 |
| Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
210 |
0.32 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
4 |
180 |
0.27 |
| Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
175 |
0.27 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
160 |
0.24 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
0 |
140 |
0.21 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
126 |
0.19 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
121 |
0.18 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
103 |
0.16 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
100 |
0.15 |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
73 |
0.11 |
| Church of Jesus Christ, The (Bickertonites) |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
14 |
0.02 |
| "Old" Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Old Regular Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| United Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| | Totals: | 416 | 308,346 | | |
The population of the Akron, OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 660,328 in 1980. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (308,346) included 46.7% of the total population in 1980.
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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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