Rhode Island

Religious Traditions, 2010

26,242	829	57,103	7,625	466,598	18,522	475,648
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	159	466,598	443.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	54	19,377	18.4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	75	15,220	14.5
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	37	9,604	9.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	23	6,901	6.6
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	28	6,800	6.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	13	5,261	5.0
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	31	4,666	4.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	3,833	3.6
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	3,831	3.6
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	3,434	3.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	2,625	2.5
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	2,500	2.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	2,109	2.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	25	1,858	1.8
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	17	1,817	1.7
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	8	1,580	1.5
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	4	1,487	1.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	8	1,486	1.4
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	6	1,444	1.4
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	1,108	1.1
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	15	1,071	1.0
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,015	1.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	1,013	1.0
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	840	0.8
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	9	713	0.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	693	0.7
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	644	0.6
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	556	0.5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	551	0.5
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	525	0.5
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	507	0.5
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	500	0.5
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	450	0.4
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	450	0.4
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	400	0.4
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	5	392	0.4
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	348	0.3
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	300	0.3
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	289	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	273	0.3
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	265	0.3
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	204	0.2
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	175	0.2
Evangelical Friends Church International*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	170	0.2
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	165	0.2
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	145	0.1
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	118	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	3	116	0.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.1
Hindu, Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	84	0.1
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	82	0.1
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	62	0.1
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	50	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	30	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	25	0.0
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	22	0.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	20	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	15	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	12	0.0
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	0	---
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	0	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	4	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	8	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	14	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Polish National Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	2	---	---
Presbyterian Reformed Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Primitive Methodist Church in the USA	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	---	---
		Totals:	677	576,919

The population of Rhode Island was 1,052,567 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,048,319. The total population changed 0.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (576,919) included 54.8% 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.