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State Membership Report
New Jersey
Religious Traditions, 2010
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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
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Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
729 |
3,235,290 |
368.0 |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
554 |
167,015 |
19.0 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
109 |
160,666 |
18.3 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
557 |
138,052 |
15.7 |
Orthodox Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
238 |
106,920 |
12.2 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
364 |
97,885 |
11.1 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
282 |
86,120 |
9.8 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
262 |
75,390 |
8.6 |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
115 |
74,106 |
8.4 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
189 |
62,644 |
7.1 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
307 |
60,430 |
6.9 |
Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
65 |
56,868 |
6.5 |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
46 |
50,732 |
5.8 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
117 |
33,050 |
3.8 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
24 |
32,370 |
3.7 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
59 |
31,673 |
3.6 |
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc. |
Other |
Other Groups |
36 |
31,447 |
3.6 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
114 |
28,546 |
3.2 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
129 |
25,323 |
2.9 |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
129 |
24,366 |
2.8 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
85 |
22,879 |
2.6 |
Buddhism, Mahayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
49 |
20,957 |
2.4 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
65 |
16,422 |
1.9 |
Hindu, Traditional Temples |
Other |
Other Groups |
21 |
15,916 |
1.8 |
Coptic Orthodox Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
16 |
14,025 |
1.6 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
51 |
10,984 |
1.2 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
80 |
8,223 |
0.9 |
Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
46 |
7,895 |
0.9 |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
46 |
7,630 |
0.9 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
45 |
6,732 |
0.8 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
28 |
6,244 |
0.7 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
21 |
5,595 |
0.6 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
28 |
5,023 |
0.6 |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
24 |
4,566 |
0.5 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
39 |
4,389 |
0.5 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
23 |
3,854 |
0.4 |
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
8 |
3,013 |
0.3 |
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
3,000 |
0.3 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
33 |
2,970 |
0.3 |
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
5 |
2,710 |
0.3 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
23 |
2,633 |
0.3 |
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin) |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
5 |
2,490 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
11 |
2,485 |
0.3 |
Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
28 |
2,476 |
0.3 |
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
2,300 |
0.3 |
Reconstructionist Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
7 |
2,186 |
0.2 |
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
2,150 |
0.2 |
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
2,150 |
0.2 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
24 |
2,047 |
0.2 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
23 |
2,009 |
0.2 |
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
1,970 |
0.2 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
24 |
1,869 |
0.2 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
10 |
1,700 |
0.2 |
Bah�'� |
Other |
Other Groups |
12 |
1,698 |
0.2 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
11 |
1,533 |
0.2 |
Pillar of Fire |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
1,500 |
0.2 |
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
5 |
1,437 |
0.2 |
Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
1,386 |
0.2 |
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
6 |
1,330 |
0.2 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
1,289 |
0.1 |
Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
9 |
1,248 |
0.1 |
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
12 |
1,145 |
0.1 |
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
1,100 |
0.1 |
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
6 |
1,060 |
0.1 |
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
7 |
974 |
0.1 |
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
941 |
0.1 |
Hindu, Post Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
34 |
918 |
0.1 |
Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
855 |
0.1 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
814 |
0.1 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
6 |
770 |
0.1 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
5 |
742 |
0.1 |
Bible Fellowship Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
9 |
734 |
0.1 |
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
8 |
725 |
0.1 |
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
670 |
0.1 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
14 |
643 |
0.1 |
International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
572 |
0.1 |
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
565 |
0.1 |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
522 |
0.1 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
3 |
483 |
0.1 |
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
3 |
468 |
0.1 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
9 |
368 |
0.0 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
322 |
0.0 |
Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
295 |
0.0 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
237 |
0.0 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
218 |
0.0 |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
180 |
0.0 |
Evangelical Congregational Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
180 |
0.0 |
Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
150 |
0.0 |
Georgian Orthodox Parishes in the United States |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
150 |
0.0 |
North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
141 |
0.0 |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
140 |
0.0 |
Heritage Reformed Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
115 |
0.0 |
International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
69 |
0.0 |
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
69 |
0.0 |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
63 |
0.0 |
American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
55 |
0.0 |
Maranatha Amish Mennonite* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
55 |
0.0 |
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
43 |
0.0 |
Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
40 |
0.0 |
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
1 |
38 |
0.0 |
Hindu, Renaissance |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
36 |
0.0 |
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
34 |
0.0 |
Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
15 |
0.0 |
Churches of God, General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
0 |
--- |
Alliance of Baptists |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
American Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
9 |
--- |
--- |
Association of Messianic Congregations |
Other |
Judaism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Brethren In Christ Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
24 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
16 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
21 |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Church of God by Faith, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
25 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
50 |
--- |
--- |
Elim Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
6 |
--- |
--- |
Ethiopian Orthodox |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Free Reformed Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
--- |
--- |
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
26 |
--- |
--- |
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Grace Gospel Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
23 |
--- |
--- |
International Council of Community Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
7 |
--- |
--- |
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Jain |
Other |
Other Groups |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
121 |
--- |
--- |
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
24 |
--- |
--- |
Korean Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
26 |
--- |
--- |
Korean-American Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
12 |
--- |
--- |
National Spiritualist Association of Churches |
Other |
Spiritualist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
16 |
--- |
--- |
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
13 |
--- |
--- |
Polish National Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
11 |
--- |
--- |
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
10 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Presbyterian Church Hanover Presbytery |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Sikh |
Other |
Other Groups |
8 |
--- |
--- |
United Holy Church of America, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
37 |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
24 |
--- |
--- |
United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
7 |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:
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4,809,520 |
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The population of New Jersey was 8,791,894 in 2010; in 2000 it was 8,414,350. The total population changed 4.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (4,809,520) included 54.7% of the total population in 2010.
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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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