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Hays County, Texas - 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 36,801 234.24
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 34 12,371 78.74
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 15 8,243 52.47
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 8 6,263 39.86
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 2,542 16.18
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 5 2,256 14.36
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 4 1,514 9.64
Hinduism: Indian-American Hindu Temple Associations Hinduism Hinduism Family 2 1,264 8.05
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 7 1,050 6.68
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 4 836 5.32
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 4 775 4.93
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 430 2.74
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 2 421 2.68
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 5 313 1.99
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2 276 1.76
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 274 1.74
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 186 1.18
North American Baptist Conference Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 175 1.11
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 124 0.79
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 112 0.71
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 81 0.52
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 75 0.48
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 75 0.48
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 72 0.46
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 67 0.43
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 43 0.27
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 30 0.19
Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America Other Other Groups Family 0 4 0.03
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 2
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 2
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 157,107 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (76,673) included 48.8% 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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