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Blue Earth County, Minnesota - 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 10 12,624 182.66
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 9 8,869 128.33
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 10 7,014 101.49
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 7 1,461 21.14
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 7 1,230 17.80
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 962 13.92
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 800 11.58
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 4 758 10.97
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2 593 8.58
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 571 8.26
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 414 5.99
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 232 3.36
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 171 2.47
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 160 2.32
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 150 2.17
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1 123 1.78
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 65 0.94
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 64 0.93
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 46 0.67
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 29 0.42
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 26 0.38
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 25 0.36
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 18 0.26
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 1 0 0.00
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 0 0.00
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 0 0.00
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2
Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica) Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Converge Worldwide Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 69,112 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (36,405) included 52.7% 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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