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 |
% Change |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
+2 |
+88 |
+16.3% |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
-1 |
-102 |
-54% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
-148 |
-25.3% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
+30 |
+111.1% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
+99 |
+17.8% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+1 |
+46 |
+19.8% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
--- |
--- |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
0 |
--- |
--- |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
+6 |
-425 |
-19.1% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
+2 |
+4131 |
+8.8% |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
0 |
+1190 |
+1983.3% |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
0 |
-1119 |
-28.7% |
| Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-2 |
-25 |
-2.4% |
| Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+4 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
+4 |
-1203 |
-11.8% |
| Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Maranatha Amish Mennonite* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
-14 |
-4515 |
-22.9% |
| Old Order River Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
+35 |
+24.6% |
| Reformed Mennonite Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
0 |
-21 |
-20% |
| Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| United Zion Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
+1 |
-139 |
-5.1% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
+230 |
+11.3% |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
0 |
-300 |
-37.9% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
-2 |
-26 |
-16.3% |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Association of Messianic Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
0 |
+665 |
+57.6% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
0 |
-125 |
-16.1% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
-2 |
-4087 |
-15.4% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
0 |
-217 |
-35.8% |
| North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
-1 |
-545 |
-31.1% |
| Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
0 |
-318 |
-24.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
0 |
-2807 |
-8.9% |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
+53 |
+77.9% |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
0 |
+10 |
+11.8% |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
+180 |
+4.9% |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
-2 |
-48 |
-5.4% |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Elim Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
0 |
-37 |
-57.8% |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Canadian and American Reformed Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+3 |
-227 |
-7% |
| Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Korean-American Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-1 |
-1477 |
-18.6% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
+2 |
+130 |
+5% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
-4 |
-4813 |
-34.1% |
| United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | -4 | -15837 | -8.4% | |
The population of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was 470,658 in 2000; in 1990 it was 422,822. The total population changed 11.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (227,775) included 48.4% of the total population in 2000.
The population of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was 519,445 in 2010; in 2000 it was 470,658. The total population changed 10.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (255,121) included 49.1% of the total population in 2010.
*
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.
