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Buena Vista County, Iowa - 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 2 3,194 157.65
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 10 2,635 130.06
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 7 2,112 104.24
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 6 1,579 77.94
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 3 730 36.03
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 582 28.73
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 326 16.09
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 3 294 14.51
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 284 14.02
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2 242 11.94
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 1 219 10.81
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1 131 6.47
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 96 4.74
Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 82 4.05
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 67 3.31
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 46 2.27
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 32 1.58
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 12 0.59
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 20,260 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (12,663) included 62.5% 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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