Montgomery County, Maryland

Religious Traditions, 2010

104,377	3,189	73,637	9,889	122,569	70,946	587,170
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^†
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	1,104	1.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	12	1,717	1.8
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	5	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	35	16,373	16.8
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	141	0.1
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	3	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,000	1.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	18	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	2,000	2.1
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	14	2,718	2.8
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	570	0.6
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	10	894	0.9
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	11	2,073	2.1
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	4	4,194	4.3
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	6	290	0.3
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	39	122,569	126.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	8	1,369	1.4
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	5	1,107	1.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	417	0.4
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	212	0.2
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	4	---	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	253	0.3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	1,635	1.7
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	128	0.1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	24	12,451	12.8
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	63	0.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	761	0.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	600	0.6
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	12	16,864	17.4
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	180	0.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	24	13,626	14.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	950	1.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	15	6,781	7.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	3,507	3.6
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	1,155	1.2
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	271	0.3
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	5	1,162	1.2
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Georgian Orthodox Parishes in the United States	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	2,750	2.8
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	7	4,053	4.2
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	11	379	0.4
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	472	0.5
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	4	866	0.9
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	419	0.4
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	1,091	1.1
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	6	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	7	3,036	3.1
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	1,112	1.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	780	0.8
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	213	0.2
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	103	0.1
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	54	0.1
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	10	12,206	12.6
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	368	0.4
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	57	36,645	37.7
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	658	0.7
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	20	5,600	5.8
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	130	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	109	0.1
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	27	7,579	7.8
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	773	0.8
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	1,312	1.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	6,075	6.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	133	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	2,000	2.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	42	17,318	17.8
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	99	27,897	28.7
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	300	0.3
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	2	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	5	2,921	3.0
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	2,048	2.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	60	24,858	25.6
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	172	0.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	468	0.5
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	296	0.3
		Totals:	733	384,607

The population of Montgomery County, Maryland was 971,777 in 2010; in 2000 it was 873,341. The total population changed 11.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (384,607) included 39.6% of the total population in 2010.

^* 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.