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Middlesex County, New Jersey - 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 66 256,793 297.50
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 11 35,825 41.50
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 38 21,734 25.18
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 9 20,404 23.64
Hindu Yoga and Meditation Hinduism 13 12,457 14.43
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 23 10,751 12.46
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 6,800 7.88
Orthodox Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 10 6,000 6.95
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 23 5,804 6.72
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 6 5,103 5.91
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 5 4,855 5.62
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 18 4,821 5.59
Conservative Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 6 4,209 4.88
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 22 3,789 4.39
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 14 3,272 3.79
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 16 3,195 3.70
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 5 2,974 3.45
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 3 2,514 2.91
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 24 2,326 2.69
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 3 2,210 2.56
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 4 2,012 2.33
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 1,792 2.08
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 12 1,771 2.05
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 4 1,331 1.54
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 11 1,287 1.49
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 14 776 0.90
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 6 718 0.83
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 3 665 0.77
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 450 0.52
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 420 0.49
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 407 0.47
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 210 0.24
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 210 0.24
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 200 0.23
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 192 0.22
Bible Fellowship Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 177 0.21
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 151 0.17
Malankara Mar Thoma Church Other Christians Other Groups Family 1 140 0.16
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 140 0.16
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 100 0.12
National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 100 0.12
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 91 0.11
Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 2 84 0.10
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 83 0.10
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 80 0.09
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 78 0.09
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 60 0.07
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 60 0.07
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 45 0.05
Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 2 29 0.03
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 27 0.03
Independent Judaism Judaism 4 0 0.00
Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism Buddhism Family 1 0 0.00
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 0 0.00
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 2 0 0.00
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 0 0.00
Elim Fellowship Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Chabad Judaism Judaism 1
The Local Churches Evangelical Protestant 2
General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1
Christian Congregation in North America Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 3
Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica) Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 4
Jain Other Other Groups Family 1
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Polish National Catholic Church of America Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
American Sikh Council Other Other Groups Family 3
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 863,162 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (429,722) included 49.8% 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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