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	1,515	661,382	226.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	691	158,574	54.4
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	497	129,638	44.5
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	126	122,662	42.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	721	84,635	29.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	463	80,814	27.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	436	68,946	23.6
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	105	38,559	13.2
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	184	27,991	9.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	62	27,559	9.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	193	21,803	7.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	111	20,536	7.0
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	103	17,353	6.0
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	108	16,291	5.6
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	131	14,247	4.9
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	57	13,469	4.6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	66	11,843	4.1
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	79	11,199	3.8
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	87	9,996	3.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	77	9,960	3.4
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	57	8,974	3.1
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	49	8,569	2.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	50	7,847	2.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	21	4,450	1.5
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	13	3,746	1.3
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	61	3,592	1.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	30	2,397	0.8
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	14	2,089	0.7
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	17	2,046	0.7
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	2	1,992	0.7
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	14	1,787	0.6
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	9	1,559	0.5
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	7	1,487	0.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	6	1,304	0.4
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	5	1,266	0.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	1,146	0.4
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	27	1,014	0.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	944	0.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	928	0.3
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	927	0.3
Tampico Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	883	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	7	710	0.2
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	7	652	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	6	587	0.2
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	499	0.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	9	449	0.2
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	431	0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	422	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	420	0.1
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	400	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	330	0.1
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	321	0.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	236	0.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	206	0.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	192	0.1
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	185	0.1
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	162	0.1
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	152	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	135	0.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	134	0.0
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	130	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	128	0.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	113	0.0
Berea Amish Mennonite*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	107	0.0
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	107	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	79	0.0
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	72	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	72	0.0
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	63	0.0
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.0
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	60	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	51	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	48	0.0
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	44	0.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	41	0.0
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	37	0.0
Heritage Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	22	0.0
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	20	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	18	0.0
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	18	0.0
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	15	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	15	0.0
Central Yearly Meeting of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	10	0.0
(Original) Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	9	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	---	---
Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Other Groups	4	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	11	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	4	---	---
Church of God of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	4	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
International Fellowship of Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	88	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	160	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	7	---	---
		Totals:<>	6,697	1,614,357

The population of Arkansas was 2,915,918 in 2010; in 2000 it was 2,673,400. The total population changed 9.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,614,357) included 55.4% 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.

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