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La Plata County, Colorado - 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 5 11,484 223.71
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 4 2,126 41.42
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 1,083 21.10
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 4 806 15.70
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 2 756 14.73
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 10 711 13.85
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 4 518 10.09
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1 507 9.88
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 354 6.90
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 7 331 6.45
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 222 4.32
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 198 3.86
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 190 3.70
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 184 3.58
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 162 3.16
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 136 2.65
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 128 2.49
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 118 2.30
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 2 81 1.58
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 50 0.97
Friends General Conference Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 40 0.78
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 0 0.00
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Christians Christian Science Family 1
Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica) Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 3
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 51,334 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (20,185) included 39.3% 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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