District of Columbia, District of Columbia

Religious Traditions, 2010

75,306	50,602	82,388	14,050	75,948	34,048	269,381
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	13	5,465	9.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	14	3,153	5.2
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	63	37,379	62.1
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	4	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	100	0.2
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	40	0.1
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,000	1.7
Armenian Evangelical Churches (Additional)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	4,033	6.7
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	521	0.9
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	92	0.2
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	10	4,391	7.3
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	1,007	1.7
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	3	523	0.9
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	45	75,948	126.2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	375	0.6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	4	1,605	2.7
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	2,427	4.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	156	0.3
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	6	---	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	446	0.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	193	0.3
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	9	1,496	2.5
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	349	0.6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	420	0.7
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	155	0.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	669	1.1
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	620	1.0
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	137	0.2
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	4,706	7.8
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	32	18,551	30.8
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	1,150	1.9
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	---	---
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	38	0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	20	0.0
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	13	3,305	5.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	15	0.0
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	56	0.1
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	3	497	0.8
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	9,500	15.8
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	5	3,853	6.4
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	4	60	0.1
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	4	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	821	1.4
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	127	0.2
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	412	0.7
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	143	0.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	7	4,032	6.7
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	30	22,599	37.6
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	403	0.7
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	61	34,292	57.0
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,500	2.5
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	1,200	2.0
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	16	6,435	10.7
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	494	0.8
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	22	15,059	25.0
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	3	11,758	19.5
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	800	1.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	357	0.6
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	59	0.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	11	5,219	8.7
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	63	26,600	44.2
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	1	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	10	0.0
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	3	1,426	2.4
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	3,397	5.6
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	29	10,664	17.7
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	70	0.1
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	14	0.0
		Totals:<>	609	332,342

The population of District of Columbia, District of Columbia was 601,723 in 2010; in 2000 it was 572,059. The total population changed 5.2%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (332,342) included 55.2% 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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