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Chemung 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 10 16,703 198.50
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 13 5,408 64.27
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 14 3,823 45.43
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 3,350 39.81
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 5 716 8.51
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 5 661 7.86
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 5 641 7.62
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 563 6.69
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 512 6.08
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 500 5.94
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 380 4.52
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 2 348 4.14
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 4 347 4.12
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 3 288 3.42
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 2 249 2.96
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 200 2.38
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 198 2.35
Churches of God, General Conference Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 189 2.25
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3 155 1.84
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 130 1.54
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 120 1.43
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 110 1.31
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 88 1.05
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 50 0.59
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 45 0.53
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 27 0.32
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 25 0.30
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 16 0.19
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 11 0.13
United Church of God Other Christians Adventist Family 1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Jain Other Other Groups Family 1
Elim Fellowship Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 84,148 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (35,853) included 42.6% 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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