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Fort Bend County, Texas - 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 14 130,353 158.43
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 111 68,765 83.58
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 91 53,180 64.63
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 18 25,422 30.90
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 11 15,840 19.25
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 22 11,770 14.31
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 19 6,248 7.59
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 6 6,144 7.47
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 14 4,832 5.87
Hindu Yoga and Meditation Hinduism 5 3,719 4.52
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 9 3,210 3.90
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 4 2,458 2.99
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 7 2,154 2.62
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 2,000 2.43
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 5 1,558 1.89
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 11 1,548 1.88
Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Syrian Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 3 1,531 1.86
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 5 1,082 1.32
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 5 1,049 1.27
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 4 1,018 1.24
American Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 650 0.79
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 610 0.74
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 537 0.65
Eritrean Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 500 0.61
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 5 423 0.51
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 390 0.47
North American and Europe Region of the Knanaya Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 380 0.46
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 3 351 0.43
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 320 0.39
Malankara Mar Thoma Church Other Christians Other Groups Family 1 300 0.36
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 3 280 0.34
Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism Buddhism Family 1 278 0.34
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 2 275 0.33
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 270 0.33
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 210 0.26
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 2 195 0.24
Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 3 154 0.19
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 150 0.18
Reformed Church in America Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 143 0.17
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 124 0.15
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 120 0.15
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 100 0.12
Missionary Church, The Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 77 0.09
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 76 0.09
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 60 0.07
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 35 0.04
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 0 0.00
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 2
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1
North American Lutheran Church Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 3
Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 3
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Grace Communion International Evangelical Protestant 1
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 9
Unity of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Chabad Judaism Judaism 1
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 822,779 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (350,889) 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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