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Pittsfield, MA Metro Area - Metro Area 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 32 50,187 382.47
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 15 2,721 20.74
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 17 2,428 18.50
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 10 1,827 13.92
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 8 1,811 13.80
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 3 1,714 13.06
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 11 1,631 12.43
Conservative Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 886 6.75
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 545 4.15
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 2 441 3.36
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 7 394 3.00
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 233 1.78
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 4 231 1.76
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 230 1.75
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 213 1.62
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 200 1.52
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 170 1.30
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 2 168 1.28
Reconstructionist Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 119 0.91
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 116 0.88
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 103 0.78
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 100 0.76
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 90 0.69
Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 3 72 0.55
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 70 0.53
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 63 0.48
Orthodox Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 60 0.46
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 55 0.42
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 43 0.33
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 42 0.32
Hinduism: Hindu Renaissance Hinduism Hinduism Family 1 41 0.31
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 4
Church of Christ, Scientist Other Christians Christian Science Family 2
Reformed Baptist Church Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Alliance of Baptists Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this metro area was 131,219 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (67,004) included 51.1% 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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