Michigan

Religious Traditions, 2010

1,277,144	214,114	653,898	47,533	1,717,296	255,358	5,718,297
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	839	1,717,296	173.8
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	924	422,916	42.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	852	228,521	23.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	413	219,618	22.2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	320	120,598	12.2
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	77	120,351	12.2
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	183	115,165	11.7
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	230	97,659	9.9
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	291	78,068	7.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	258	76,644	7.8
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	154	75,944	7.7
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	300	54,533	5.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	146	53,649	5.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	105	42,319	4.3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	225	40,503	4.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	216	40,383	4.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	185	40,375	4.1
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	154	40,144	4.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	151	38,557	3.9
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	136	37,365	3.8
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	145	33,437	3.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	193	28,472	2.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	115	23,514	2.4
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	22	23,013	2.3
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	67	21,253	2.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	110	20,971	2.1
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	53	19,503	2.0
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	33	17,065	1.7
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	128	16,273	1.6
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	89	14,863	1.5
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	21	13,744	1.4
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	14	12,962	1.3
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	21	12,410	1.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	107	11,722	1.2
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	57	11,315	1.1
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	52	11,285	1.1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	11,053	1.1
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	85	10,218	1.0
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	66	9,930	1.0
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	18	9,075	0.9
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	72	8,603	0.9
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	10	8,477	0.9
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	8	8,297	0.8
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	5	7,765	0.8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	32	7,588	0.8
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	27	6,849	0.7
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	62	6,741	0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	42	6,016	0.6
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	12	5,928	0.6
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	18	5,439	0.6
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	25	5,391	0.5
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	43	5,299	0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	34	5,036	0.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	18	4,974	0.5
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	11	4,894	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	25	4,705	0.5
Church of the United Brethren in Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	36	4,684	0.5
Protestant Reformed Churches in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	14	4,639	0.5
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	18	4,587	0.5
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	19	4,452	0.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	11	4,330	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	16	3,402	0.3
Macedonian Orthodox Church: American Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	3,275	0.3
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	3,000	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	22	2,979	0.3
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	2,625	0.3
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	19	2,462	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	28	2,278	0.2
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	1,840	0.2
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	23	1,634	0.2
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	10	1,615	0.2
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	16	1,566	0.2
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	9	1,551	0.2
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	18	1,513	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	21	1,350	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	20	1,224	0.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	1,028	0.1
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,000	0.1
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	944	0.1
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	11	866	0.1
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	700	0.1
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	679	0.1
Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	670	0.1
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	662	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	18	606	0.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	5	575	0.1
Heritage Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	561	0.1
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	555	0.1
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	540	0.1
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	5	535	0.1
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	508	0.1
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	7	497	0.1
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	455	0.0
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	423	0.0
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	16	391	0.0
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	5	389	0.0
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	377	0.0
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	6	333	0.0
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	324	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	5	280	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	259	0.0
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	219	0.0
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	203	0.0
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	3	180	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	178	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	144	0.0
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	132	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	111	0.0
Brethren Church, The (Ashland, Ohio)	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	97	0.0
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	50	0.0
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	47	0.0
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	36	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	35	0.0
Reformed Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	30	0.0
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	15	0.0
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	15	0.0
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
American Association of Lutheran Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	13	---	---
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	16	---	---
Assemblies of God International Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	9	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	6	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	17	---	---
Canadian and American Reformed Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	11	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	41	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	8	---	---
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	16	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	8	---	---
Churches of Christ in Christian Union	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	16	---	---
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America	Black Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	---	---
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Free Reformed Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	26	---	---
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	179	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	20	---	---
Hungarian Reformed Churches (Additional)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	23	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	110	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	---	---
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies	Evangelical Protestant	----	5	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	216	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
National Spiritualist Association of Churches	Other	Spiritualist	4	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	26	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	10	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	4	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	10	---	---
Swedenborgian Church	Other	Spiritualist	2	---	---
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	109	---	---
United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
United Reformed Churches in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	12	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	36	---	---
		Totals:	9,521	4,165,343

The population of Michigan was 9,883,640 in 2010; in 2000 it was 9,938,444. The total population changed -0.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (4,165,343) included 42.1% 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.