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State Membership Report
West VirginiaReligious Traditions, 2010 |
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.
[More information on the data sources] Reports |
Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1,197 |
136,929 |
73.9 |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
139 |
95,849 |
51.7 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
381 |
88,193 |
47.6 |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
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312 |
71,205 |
38.4 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
232 |
42,834 |
23.1 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
287 |
22,167 |
12.0 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
178 |
21,740 |
11.7 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
196 |
19,689 |
10.6 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
125 |
18,305 |
9.9 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
38 |
16,710 |
9.0 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
118 |
15,473 |
8.4 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
52 |
12,809 |
6.9 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
88 |
10,927 |
5.9 |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
174 |
9,161 |
4.9 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
67 |
8,529 |
4.6 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
41 |
7,955 |
4.3 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
77 |
7,727 |
4.2 |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
22 |
5,341 |
2.9 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
79 |
4,689 |
2.5 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
53 |
4,277 |
2.3 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
43 |
3,396 |
1.8 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
23 |
2,748 |
1.5 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
16 |
2,561 |
1.4 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
22 |
2,394 |
1.3 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
19 |
2,212 |
1.2 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
7 |
1,908 |
1.0 |
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
11 |
1,701 |
0.9 |
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc. |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
1,691 |
0.9 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
1,380 |
0.7 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
26 |
1,348 |
0.7 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
1,235 |
0.7 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
1,170 |
0.6 |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
6 |
1,164 |
0.6 |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
1,160 |
0.6 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
18 |
963 |
0.5 |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
892 |
0.5 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
7 |
845 |
0.5 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
12 |
817 |
0.4 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
27 |
685 |
0.4 |
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
613 |
0.3 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
582 |
0.3 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
573 |
0.3 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
563 |
0.3 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
520 |
0.3 |
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio) |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
380 |
0.2 |
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
10 |
373 |
0.2 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
370 |
0.2 |
Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6 |
323 |
0.2 |
Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
300 |
0.2 |
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
285 |
0.2 |
Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
2 |
278 |
0.2 |
International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
273 |
0.1 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
4 |
245 |
0.1 |
Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
217 |
0.1 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
205 |
0.1 |
Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
0 |
154 |
0.1 |
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
146 |
0.1 |
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
135 |
0.1 |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
115 |
0.1 |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
115 |
0.1 |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
95 |
0.1 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
85 |
0.0 |
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
79 |
0.0 |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
78 |
0.0 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
78 |
0.0 |
Mennonite Christian Fellowship* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
60 |
0.0 |
Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
60 |
0.0 |
Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
42 |
0.0 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
35 |
0.0 |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
30 |
0.0 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
3 |
23 |
0.0 |
Bruderhof Communities, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
17 |
0.0 |
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
13 |
0.0 |
Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
11 |
0.0 |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
11 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
0 |
--- |
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
0 |
--- |
(Original) Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Assemblies of God International Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
6 |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
--- |
--- |
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
7 |
--- |
--- |
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
18 |
--- |
--- |
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Grace Gospel Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies |
Evangelical Protestant |
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4 |
--- |
--- |
Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
51 |
--- |
--- |
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
14 |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
59 |
--- |
--- |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
2 |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:<> |
4,413 |
658,313 |
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The population of West Virginia was 1,852,994 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,808,344. The total population changed 2.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (658,313) included 35.5% 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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