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Broome 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 25 48,916 246.20
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 37 9,572 48.18
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 7 8,092 40.73
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 23 7,820 39.36
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 4 1,734 8.73
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 2 1,332 6.70
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 6 1,271 6.40
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 6 1,202 6.05
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 2 1,192 6.00
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 10 1,055 5.31
Orthodox Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 2 740 3.72
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 6 603 3.03
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 520 2.62
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 516 2.60
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 459 2.31
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 380 1.91
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 359 1.81
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 4 336 1.69
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 325 1.64
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3 308 1.55
Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism Buddhism Family 1 303 1.53
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 290 1.46
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 2 288 1.45
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 232 1.17
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 2 228 1.15
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 201 1.01
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 161 0.81
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 152 0.77
Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 150 0.75
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 141 0.71
Hindu Yoga and Meditation Hinduism 1 132 0.66
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 120 0.60
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 100 0.50
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 82 0.41
Christian Reformed Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 79 0.40
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 63 0.32
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 40 0.20
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (Covenanters) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 37 0.19
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 31 0.16
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 30 0.15
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 20 0.10
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 16 0.08
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 9 0.05
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
Bible Methodist Connection of Churches Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1
Jain Other Other Groups Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2
Polish National Catholic Church of America Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 1
Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A. Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 13
Churches of Christ in Christian Union Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3
Community of Christ Evangelical Protestant Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 2
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 198,683 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (89,637) included 45.1% 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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