Sacramento County’s Ten Largest Faith Groups
2010 | |||
Religious Group | Number of temples, mosques, churches, or synagogues | Number of adherents | % of total population |
---|---|---|---|
Roman Catholic | 45 | 22,9725 | 16.19 |
Nondenominational | 110 | 54,060 | 3.81 |
Mormon | 77 | 44,951 | 3.17 |
Assemblies of God | 56 | 25,208 | 1.78 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 75 | 24,551 | 1.73 |
Buddhism, Mahayana | 25 | 12,995 | 0.92 |
Muslim | 11 | 12,198 | 0.86 |
North American Baptist Convention | 19 | 8,848 | 0.62 |
United Methodist | 27 | 7,534 | 0.53 |
Hindu, Traditional Temples | 2 | 7,000 | 0.49 |
2000 | ||||
Religious Group | Number of temples, mosques, churches, or synagogues | Number of adherents | % of total population | % of total adherents |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roman Catholic | 41 | 224,265 | 18.3 | 49.6 |
Jewish | 7 | 16,800 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
Mormon | 66 | 30,936 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
Assembly of God | 40 | 27,227 | 2.2 | 6 |
Independent Charismatic | 5 | 20,595 | 1.7 | 4.6 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 56 | 20,451 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
Episcopal | 38 | 16,284 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
Presbyterian USA | 17 | 10,869 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 20 | 8,705 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
United Methodist | 25 | 7,419 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States: 2000, Glenmary Research Center, Nashville, TN
Selected Non-Christian Religious Traditions in Sacramento County: 2000
Religious Group | Number of temples, mosques, churches, or synagogues | Number of adherents | % of total population | % of total adherents |
---|---|---|---|---|
Baha’I | 9 | 1,266 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Hindu | 4 | NA* | NA* | NA* |
Muslim | 9 | 6,637 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Jewish | 7 | 16,800 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
Sikh | 1 | NA* | NA* | NA* |
Buddhist | 8 | NA* | NA* | NA* |
Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States: 2000, Glenmary Research Center, Nashville, TN
<* Data not available>