Minnesota

Religious Traditions, 2010

744,910	16,396	974,156	8,057	1,150,367	92,564	2,317,475
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^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	739	1,150,367	216.9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	1,090	737,537	139.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	443	182,439	34.4
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	390	130,263	24.6
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	375	101,856	19.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	234	75,302	14.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	186	62,490	11.8
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	97	58,774	11.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	146	49,966	9.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	177	46,390	8.7
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	147	36,727	6.9
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	136	36,194	6.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	80	30,603	5.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	99	28,669	5.4
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	114	26,739	5.0
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	107	23,715	4.5
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	45	16,796	3.2
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	5	11,066	2.1
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	6	10,665	2.0
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	89	10,460	2.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	38	10,218	1.9
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	26	9,252	1.7
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	30	8,221	1.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	7,461	1.4
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	19	7,304	1.4
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	21	7,182	1.4
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	7,113	1.3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	54	6,912	1.3
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	20	6,777	1.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	24	6,553	1.2
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	30	6,054	1.1
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	5,706	1.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	61	5,412	1.0
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	13	4,617	0.9
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	4,020	0.8
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	38	3,973	0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	11	3,752	0.7
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	23	2,765	0.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	14	2,636	0.5
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	17	2,613	0.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	40	2,513	0.5
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	18	2,478	0.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	2,370	0.4
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	4	2,252	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	2,127	0.4
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	12	1,937	0.4
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	16	1,896	0.4
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,857	0.4
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	8	1,820	0.3
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	5	1,575	0.3
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	14	1,494	0.3
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	1,271	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	6	1,137	0.2
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	1,119	0.2
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	1,005	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	966	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	938	0.2
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	11	772	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	762	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	750	0.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	8	681	0.1
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	620	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	554	0.1
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	550	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	539	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	9	502	0.1
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	500	0.1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	497	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	12	458	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	2	434	0.1
Reformed Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	423	0.1
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	389	0.1
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	5	342	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	333	0.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	311	0.1
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	253	0.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	249	0.0
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	245	0.0
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	202	0.0
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.0
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	198	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	7	188	0.0
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	160	0.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	128	0.0
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	128	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	116	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	108	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	92	0.0
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	84	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	83	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	75	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	45	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	44	0.0
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	43	0.0
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	38	0.0
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	2	24	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	16	0.0
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	8	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	4	---	---
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	12	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	85	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	3	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	12	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	1	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	14	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	37	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	25	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Hutterian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Communal	10	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	3	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	101	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	3	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	12	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	2	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	41	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	7	---	---
		Totals:<>	5,953	2,986,450

The population of Minnesota was 5,303,925 in 2010; in 2000 it was 4,919,479. The total population changed 7.8%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,986,450) included 56.3% 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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