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Kings County, California - County Membership Report (2010)

Exact definitions of "congregations" and "adherents" vary by religious body. Congregations may be parishes, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, or another site where a religious body has regularly scheduled worship services. Adherents generally are members, children who are not members, and others who are not members but are considered participants in the congregation.

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Religious Bodies Tradition Family Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 8 66,133 432.29
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 11 2,651 17.33
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 5 2,362 15.44
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 3 1,803 11.79
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 13 1,489 9.73
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 6 1,451 9.48
Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 1 1,250 8.17
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 1,108 7.24
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 9 979 6.40
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 4 764 4.99
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 6 716 4.68
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 625 4.09
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 525 3.43
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 464 3.03
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 5 347 2.27
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1 278 1.82
American Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2 237 1.55
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 192 1.26
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 1 184 1.20
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3 177 1.16
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 174 1.14
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 159 1.04
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 150 0.98
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 128 0.84
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 99 0.65
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 93 0.61
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 93 0.61
Orthodox Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 91 0.59
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of Evangelical Protestant Mennonite/Amish Family 1 51 0.33
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 22 0.14
Independent Fundamental Churches of America Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 4
Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica) Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2
United Reformed Churches in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 152,982 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (84,795) included 55.4% of the total population in 2010. The adherence rate is the number of adherents of a given group per 1,000 people in the general population.

Note that data collection methods for religious bodies change over time, affecting the comparability of statistics. For further information, see the U.S. Religion Census website at https://www.usreligioncensus.org/.

The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155.

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