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Whiteside County, Illinois - 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 9 14,314 257.03
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 11 6,060 108.81
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 12 3,157 56.69
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 7 2,387 42.86
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 6 2,233 40.10
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 4 1,105 19.84
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 846 15.19
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 4 679 12.19
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 564 10.13
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 4 462 8.30
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 462 8.30
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 407 7.31
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 4 402 7.22
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 3 356 6.39
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 340 6.11
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 6 233 4.18
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 202 3.63
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2 169 3.03
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 2 140 2.51
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 140 2.51
Mennonite Church, USA Evangelical Protestant Mennonite/Amish Family 1 87 1.56
Amish Groups, undifferentiated Evangelical Protestant Mennonite/Amish Family 1 60 1.08
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 50 0.90
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 37 0.66
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 29 0.52
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 28 0.50
Reformed Mennonite Church Evangelical Protestant Mennonite/Amish Family 1 28 0.50
Advent Christian Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 22 0.40
Brethren in Christ Church Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1
Hindu Yoga and Meditation Hinduism 1
Open Bible Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 2
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 55,691 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (34,999) included 62.8% 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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