State 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† |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2,424 |
979,994 |
242.47 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
991 |
208,720 |
51.64 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
621 |
58,602 |
14.50 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
405 |
106,638 |
26.38 |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
323 |
406,021 |
100.46 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
236 |
33,572 |
8.31 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
231 |
67,611 |
16.73 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
196 |
36,940 |
9.14 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
167 |
30,103 |
7.45 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
136 |
19,667 |
4.87 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
133 |
11,507 |
2.85 |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
133 |
20,441 |
5.06 |
Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
104 |
10,859 |
2.69 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
81 |
4,901 |
1.21 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
76 |
19,343 |
4.79 |
Primitive Baptist Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
65 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
63 |
17,966 |
4.45 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
57 |
5,900 |
1.46 |
Separate Baptists in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
54 |
6,767 |
1.67 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
45 |
4,112 |
1.02 |
"Old" Missionary Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
42 |
9,735 |
2.41 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
40 |
9,485 |
2.35 |
Independent Free Will Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
39 |
3,989 |
0.99 |
Enterprise Baptists Association |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
36 |
3,241 |
0.80 |
Old Order Amish |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
32 |
2,272 |
0.56 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
32 |
8,763 |
2.17 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
29 |
6,499 |
1.61 |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
21 |
6,373 |
1.58 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
20 |
2,151 |
0.53 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
19 |
1,746 |
0.43 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
19 |
3,432 |
0.85 |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
14 |
10,359 |
2.56 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
13 |
1,065 |
0.26 |
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
13 |
826 |
0.20 |
Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
11 |
963 |
0.24 |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
11 |
11,350 |
2.81 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
10 |
4,696 |
1.16 |
Old Order Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
10 |
805 |
0.20 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
9 |
856 |
0.21 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
9 |
515 |
0.13 |
Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
9 |
495 |
0.12 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
9 |
831 |
0.21 |
Primitive Baptists, Eastern District Association of |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
9 |
1,069 |
0.26 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
9 |
1,081 |
0.27 |
Amish; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
565 |
0.14 |
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
613 |
0.15 |
Buddhists |
Other |
Other Groups |
7 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Mennonite Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
7 |
322 |
0.08 |
International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
1,241 |
0.31 |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
3,450 |
0.85 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
2,993 |
0.74 |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
294 |
0.07 |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
--- |
--- |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
5 |
383 |
0.09 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
1,603 |
0.40 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
635 |
0.16 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
327 |
0.08 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
105 |
0.03 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
4 |
244 |
0.06 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
4 |
305 |
0.08 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
219 |
0.05 |
Hindus |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
140 |
0.03 |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
297 |
0.07 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
1,588 |
0.39 |
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
68 |
0.02 |
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
238 |
0.06 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
90 |
0.02 |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
522 |
0.13 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
72 |
0.02 |
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
12 |
0.00 |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
27 |
0.01 |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
72 |
0.02 |
Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
118 |
0.03 |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
200 |
0.05 |
Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
39 |
0.01 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
76 |
0.02 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
422 |
0.10 |
| | Totals: | 7,143 | 2,159,541 | |
The population of Kentucky was 4,041,769 in 2000; in 1990 it was 3,685,296. The total population changed 9.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,159,541) included 53.4% 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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