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Nueces 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 39 142,109 402.37
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 86 27,170 76.93
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 35 22,754 64.43
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 14 5,256 14.88
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 20 4,954 14.03
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 17 3,445 9.75
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 6 2,964 8.39
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 6 2,089 5.91
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 16 2,045 5.79
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 7 1,337 3.79
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 5 1,204 3.41
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 4 1,078 3.05
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 1 1,050 2.97
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 4 881 2.49
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 4 853 2.42
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 776 2.20
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 690 1.95
National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 600 1.70
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 7 582 1.65
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 4 415 1.18
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 5 392 1.11
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 391 1.11
Reform Judaism Judaism Judaism Family 1 378 1.07
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 2 362 1.02
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 252 0.71
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 244 0.69
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 230 0.65
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 200 0.57
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 152 0.43
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 119 0.34
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 73 0.21
Mennonite Church, USA Evangelical Protestant Mennonite/Amish Family 1 67 0.19
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 60 0.17
Syrian (Syriac) Orthodox Church of Antioch Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 40 0.11
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 38 0.11
Coptic Orthodox Church Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 35 0.10
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 1 31 0.09
Free Methodist Church – USA Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 24 0.07
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 15 0.04
Friends General Conference Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 4 0.01
Old German Baptist Brethren Church, New Conference Evangelical Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 0 1 0.00
Reformed Episcopal Church Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Pentecostal Church of God Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Chabad Judaism Judaism 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2
The Local Churches Evangelical Protestant 1
General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
United Church of God Other Christians Adventist Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Unity Churches, Association of Other Christians Other Groups Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 353,178 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (225,360) included 63.8% 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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