Arkansas

Religious Traditions, 2010

1,136,611	107,202	205,332	1,200	122,662	41,350	1,301,561
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1,290	617,524	262.7
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	788	197,402	84.0
Black Baptists Estimate	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	121,542	51.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	760	86,502	36.8
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	365	78,121	33.2
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	134	72,952	31.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	434	55,438	23.6
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	136	28,947	12.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	201	25,237	10.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	117	15,394	6.5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	60	14,154	6.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	57	13,845	5.9
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	17	11,615	4.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	68	10,773	4.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	43	10,446	4.4
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	116	8,865	3.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	61	8,499	3.6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	83	7,408	3.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	57	6,393	2.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	18	5,178	2.2
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	27	5,092	2.2
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	66	5,082	2.2
Jewish	Other	Judaism	12	2,389	1.0
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	2,065	0.9
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	30	1,773	0.8
United Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	20	1,514	0.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	42	1,469	0.6
Primitive Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	30	1,147	0.5
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	12	1,041	0.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	944	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	6	582	0.2
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	508	0.2
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	10	504	0.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	458	0.2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	452	0.2
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	11	402	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	385	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	10	361	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	5	332	0.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	316	0.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	273	0.1
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	265	0.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	240	0.1
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	234	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	205	0.1
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	4	176	0.1
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	140	0.1
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	97	0.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	4	94	0.0
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	90	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	73	0.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	57	0.0
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	55	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	52	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	49	0.0
Fire Baptized Holiness Church, (Wesleyan), The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	22	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	19	0.0
"Old" Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	18	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	9	---	---
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
		Totals:	5,209	1,425,192

The population of Arkansas was 2,350,725 in 1990; in 1980 it was 2,378,488. The total population changed -1.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,425,192) included 60.6% of the total population in 1990.

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including the Catholic Church, Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.