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Blue Earth County, Minnesota - 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 13,093 204.54
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 12 8,497 132.74
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 9 6,953 108.62
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 6 1,756 27.43
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 4 1,226 19.15
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 943 14.73
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 630 9.84
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 5 630 9.84
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 2 616 9.62
Converge Worldwide Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 480 7.50
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 442 6.90
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 302 4.72
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 259 4.05
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 240 3.75
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 224 3.50
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 220 3.44
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 2 213 3.33
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 201 3.14
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1 154 2.41
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 147 2.30
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 130 2.03
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 126 1.97
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 87 1.36
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 61 0.95
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 35 0.55
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 33 0.52
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 21 0.33
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica) Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 64,013 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (37,719) included 58.9% 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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