Miami-Dade County, Florida - County Membership Report (2020)

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	66	807,567	298.90
Non-denominational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Other Groups Family	320	195,580	72.39
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist Family	308	72,932	26.99
Jehovah's Witnesses	Jehovah's Witnesses	Adventist Family	193	52,648	19.49
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America	Black Protestant	Baptist Family	60	26,894	9.95
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist Family	27	26,730	9.89
Assemblies of God, General Council of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	54	26,269	9.72
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist Family	63	22,937	8.49
Muslim Estimate	Islam	Islam Family	17	19,180	7.10
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Latter-day Saints	Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family	19	12,198	4.51
United Methodist Church	Mainline Protestant	Methodist Family	34	11,297	4.18
Orthodox Judaism	Judaism	Judaism Family	22	10,250	3.79
Reform Judaism	Judaism	Judaism Family	5	10,085	3.73
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist Family	21	9,700	3.59
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Anglican/Episcopal Family	28	9,655	3.57
Buddhism, Mahayana	Buddhism	Buddhism Family	8	8,246	3.05
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness Family	31	6,268	2.32
Hindu Yoga and Meditation	Hinduism		21	4,942	1.83
Conservative Judaism	Judaism	Judaism Family	4	4,174	1.54
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Restorationists Family	21	3,729	1.38
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian/Reformed Family	13	3,470	1.28
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Buddhism	Buddhism Family	7	2,820	1.04
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	45	2,736	1.01
Buddhism, Theravada	Buddhism	Buddhism Family	2	2,592	0.96
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family	11	2,568	0.95
Association of Vineyard Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	4	2,198	0.81
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal Family	9	2,156	0.80
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS)	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran Family	11	2,075	0.77
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran Family	10	1,960	0.73
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	1	1,772	0.66
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist Family	1	1,686	0.62
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian/Reformed Family	12	1,379	0.51
Open Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	8	1,322	0.49
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.	Mainline Protestant	Baptist Family	10	1,124	0.42
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness Family	8	1,056	0.39
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist Family	3	1,022	0.38
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family	3	1,000	0.37
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness Family	4	984	0.36
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family	2	900	0.33
Christian and Missionary Alliance	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness Family	5	880	0.33
Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family	1	880	0.33
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal Family	4	840	0.31
Baha'i Faith	Other	Other Groups Family	3	793	0.29
Moravian Church in America (Unitas Fratrum), Southern Province	Mainline Protestant		3	720	0.27
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran Family	3	696	0.26
Free Methodist Church – USA	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness Family	4	677	0.25
Evangelical Covenant Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist Family	4	640	0.24
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Hinduism	Hinduism Family	2	500	0.19
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran Family	1	495	0.18
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Friends/Brethren Family	3	398	0.15
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Restorationists Family	6	374	0.14
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Restorationists Family	4	315	0.12
United House of Prayer	Black Protestant		2	310	0.11
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian/Reformed Family	4	308	0.11
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist Family	5	285	0.11
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	4	280	0.10
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International	Black Protestant	Baptist Family	1	210	0.08
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family	2	205	0.08
Unitarian Universalist Association	Other Christians	Liberal Family	2	198	0.07
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist Family	1	192	0.07
Reconstructionist Judaism	Judaism	Judaism Family	1	189	0.07
Orthodox Church in America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family	2	170	0.06
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist Family	1	140	0.05
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian/Reformed Family	4	120	0.04
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness Family	2	114	0.04
Mennonite Church, USA	Evangelical Protestant	Mennonite/Amish Family	2	113	0.04
Ethiopian Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family	1	110	0.04
Syrian (Syriac) Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family	1	100	0.04
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian/Reformed Family	1	88	0.03
Friends General Conference	Mainline Protestant	Friends/Brethren Family	1	65	0.02
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of the United States and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist Family	1	57	0.02
Primitive Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist Family	1	42	0.02
Advent Christian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist Family	1	30	0.01
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Mennonite/Amish Family	1	15	0.01
Chabad Judaism	Judaism		35
United American Free Will Baptist Denomination, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist Family	2
Unification Church	Other	Other Groups Family	1
The Local Churches	Evangelical Protestant		1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian/Reformed Family	3
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist Family	1
Christian Congregation in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	1
The Church of God	Evangelical Protestant		1
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Anglican/Episcopal Family	1
Brethren in Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	Friends/Brethren Family	33
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other Christians	Christian Science Family	1
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	2
Unity Churches, Association of	Other Christians	Other Groups Family	5
General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist Family	2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	15
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	2
Community of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family	1
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	4
Evangelical Free Church of America	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist Family	2
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches	Mainline Protestant	Friends/Brethren Family	2
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	1
New Apostolic Church USA	Other Christians	Other Groups Family	2
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran Family	1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian/Reformed Family	1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren)	Evangelical Protestant	Independent Fundamentalist Family	6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist Family	1
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other Christians	Other Groups Family	1
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal Family	7

The population of this county was 2,701,767 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,387,650) included 51.4% of the total population in 2020. 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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