North Dakota
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.
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Reports
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Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
235 |
167,349 |
248.8 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
412 |
163,209 |
242.7 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
85 |
22,003 |
32.7 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
111 |
17,336 |
25.8 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
65 |
10,838 |
16.1 |
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
19 |
9,258 |
13.8 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
16 |
6,930 |
10.3 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
50 |
5,535 |
8.2 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
54 |
5,529 |
8.2 |
Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
28 |
5,336 |
7.9 |
North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
30 |
5,220 |
7.8 |
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
14 |
4,138 |
6.2 |
Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
33 |
4,091 |
6.1 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
23 |
3,896 |
5.8 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
29 |
2,422 |
3.6 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
19 |
2,279 |
3.4 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
37 |
2,151 |
3.2 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
14 |
1,462 |
2.2 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
1,331 |
2.0 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
12 |
1,283 |
1.9 |
Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
1,249 |
1.9 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
16 |
953 |
1.4 |
Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
6 |
953 |
1.4 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
948 |
1.4 |
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
814 |
1.2 |
Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
3 |
636 |
0.9 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
7 |
538 |
0.8 |
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
529 |
0.8 |
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
4 |
502 |
0.7 |
Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
330 |
0.5 |
Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
2 |
276 |
0.4 |
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
270 |
0.4 |
U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
218 |
0.3 |
Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
217 |
0.3 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
2 |
177 |
0.3 |
Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
2 |
176 |
0.3 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
171 |
0.3 |
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
125 |
0.2 |
Orthodox Church in America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
2 |
110 |
0.2 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
105 |
0.2 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
93 |
0.1 |
Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
3 |
93 |
0.1 |
Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
88 |
0.1 |
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
81 |
0.1 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
66 |
0.1 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
49 |
0.1 |
Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
33 |
0.0 |
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
Buddhism, Theravada |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
15 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
7 |
0.0 |
Zoroastrian |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
7 |
--- |
--- |
Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Assemblies of God International Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
43 |
--- |
--- |
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
3 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Evangelical Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
4 |
--- |
--- |
Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Communal |
7 |
--- |
--- |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
18 |
--- |
--- |
North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
15 |
--- |
--- |
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Totals:
| 1,498 |
451,456 |
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The population of North Dakota was 672,591 in 2010; in 2000 it was 642,200. The total population changed 4.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (451,456) included 67.1% 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.