2010 U.S. Religion Census

Religious Congregations & Membership Study

de Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley, Richard H. Taylor

Provides 2010 data for 236 religious bodies or groups. Four sets of tables provide data for religious congregations by religious group for the United States; by state and group; by county and group; and by metropolitan size and group. For each religious group, the tables provide number of congregations; number of attendees; number of communicant, confirmed, or full members; number of adherents; adherents as percentage of total population; and the group's adherents as percentage of total religious adherents. Maps by county show: percent of population for 20 groups with 1,000,000 or more adherents or with congregations reporting adherents in 50 percent of counties; percent of population maps for Jewish groups, Eastern Orthodox churches, and Oriental Orthodox churches; largest participating Eastern religion; largest participating religious group; largest participating Protestant Christian group; religious diversity; and percent of population claimed by all religious groups. Cartogram by state show total religious adherents; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adherents; and Southern Baptist Convention adherents. Charts show distribution of total, Catholic, Mennonite, and Jewish adherents and congregations by community size.