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Lee County, Illinois - 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 9 8,379 232.55
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 7 3,039 84.34
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 10 2,161 59.98
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3 900 24.98
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2 671 18.62
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 5 550 15.26
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 2 457 12.68
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 3 409 11.35
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 296 8.22
Evangelical Congregational Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 2 198 5.50
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 170 4.72
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 1 155 4.30
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 151 4.19
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 141 3.91
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 135 3.75
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 130 3.61
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 124 3.44
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 119 3.30
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 104 2.89
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 38 1.05
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 34 0.94
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 3 0.08
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 0 0.00
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 1
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Christians Christian Science Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 36,031 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (18,364) included 51.0% 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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