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Albany County, New York - 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 27 85,449 271.40
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 16 15,160 48.15
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 4 6,152 19.54
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 2 3,731 11.85
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 15 3,707 11.77
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 19 3,188 10.13
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 9 3,020 9.59
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 12 2,511 7.98
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 2,025 6.43
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 9 1,752 5.56
Conservative Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 2 1,677 5.33
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 5 1,606 5.10
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 6 1,414 4.49
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 1,332 4.23
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 6 1,306 4.15
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 10 1,237 3.93
Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 2 1,060 3.37
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 4 968 3.07
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 7 877 2.79
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 6 814 2.59
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 500 1.59
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 500 1.59
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 465 1.48
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 4 426 1.35
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 420 1.33
Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 400 1.27
Orthodox Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 2 370 1.18
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 360 1.14
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 349 1.11
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 326 1.04
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 322 1.02
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 290 0.92
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 255 0.81
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 4 253 0.80
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 250 0.79
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 250 0.79
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 242 0.77
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 200 0.64
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 156 0.50
Hindu Yoga and Meditation Hinduism 1 119 0.38
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 110 0.35
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 100 0.32
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 85 0.27
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 62 0.20
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 40 0.13
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 40 0.13
Bruderhof Evangelical Protestant Communal Family 1 32 0.10
Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 1 32 0.10
Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica) Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
Polish National Catholic Church of America Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Converge Worldwide Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
The Local Churches Evangelical Protestant 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Chabad Judaism Judaism 6
Elim Fellowship Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3
Jain Other Other Groups Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 314,848 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (145,940) included 46.4% 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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