Religious Membership in theUnited States of America:

Denominations with more than 200,000 Reported Members in 1995				Gallup Poll 1962	Gallup Poll 1995
TRADITION/DENOMINATION	1960 (000)	1995 (000)	Change 1960-1995	% of Total Pop.	% of Total Pop.
ALL CHRISTIAN GROUPS				93.0%	85.0%
WESTERN CATHOLIC TRADITION				23.0%	27.0%
Roman Catholic Church	42,105	59,858	42.2%
Other Catholic Churches
EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION				---	1.0%
Antiochean Orthodox Christian Archdiocese	no data	350	---
Armenian Orthodox Church of America	125	414	231.2%
Greek Orthodox Diocese of North and South America	1,200	1,950	62.5%
Orthodox Church in America	755	2,000	164.9%
Russian Orthodox Churches
Other Orthodox Churches
PROTESTANT TRADITION				70.0%	56.0%
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Afro-American)	1,166	3,500	200.2%
African Methodist Episcopal Church Zion (Afro-American)	770	1,200	55.8%
American Baptist Association	648	250	-61.4%
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,521	1,517	-0.3%
Assemblies of God, General Council	509	2,272	346.4%
Baptist Bible Fellowship International	no data	1,500	---
Baptist Missionary Association of America	no data	231	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	1,801	958	-46.8%
Christian Churches & Churches of Christ	no data	1,071	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	392	719	83.4%
Christian Reformed Church in North America	243	215	-11.5%
Christian & Missionary Alliance	57	302	429.8%
Church of God in Christ (Afro-American)	393	5,500	1299.5%
Church of God in Christ International	not available	200	---
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	140	216	54.3%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	180	701	289.4%
Church of the Nazarene	308	591	91.9%
Churches of Christ	2,163	1,651	-23.7%
Conservative Baptist Association of America	300	200	-33.3%
Episcopal Church	3,444	2,505	-27.3%
Evangelical Free Church of America	31	227	632.3%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	5,300	5,213	-1.6%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	83	218	162.7%
International Council of Community Churches	no data	500	---
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod	2,391	2,599	8.7%
National Association of Free Will Baptists	no data	215	---
National Baptist Convention of America (Afro-American)	2,669	3,500	31.1%
National Baptist Convention USA (Afro-American)	5,256	8,200	56.0%
National Missionary Baptist Convention (Afro-American)	no data	2,500	---
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (Afro-American)	45	500	1011.1%
Presbyterian Church in America	not available	240	---
Presbyterian Church (USA)	4,108	3,788	-7.8%
Progressive National Baptist Convention (Afro-American)	not available	2,500	---
Reformed Church in America	226	317	40.3%
Salvation Army	273	446	63.4%
Seventh-Day Adventist Church	317	762	140.4%
Southern Baptist Convention	9,732	15,399	58.2%
United Church of Christ	2,022	1,530	-24.3%
United Methodist Church	10,798	8,647	-19.9%
United Pentecostal Church International	175	500	185.7%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	252	417	65.5%
Other Protestant Churches
OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
Church of Christ Scientist	no data	700	---
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)	1,487	4,520	204.0%
Jehovah's Witnesses	273	927	239.6%
Other Christian Churches
NON-CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS				5.0%	7.0%
Ancient Wisdom Tradition: All groups
Buddhist Tradition: All groups
Hindu Tradition: All groups (including Yoga, Sant Mat)
Judaism (see below)
Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reformed)	1,000	1,300	30.0%
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America	3,000	1,000	-66.7%
United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism	1,500	2,000	33.3%
Other Jewish groups
Islam (all groups)
Other Middle Eastern: Zoroastrian, Bahaí, etc.
Psychic/Spiritualism/New Age: All groups
Animistic Religions (Native American, Santería, Voodoo, etc.)
Chinese Religions (Confucianism, Tao, Tribal, New Religions, etc.):
Japanese Religions (Shinto, New Religions, etc.):
All Other Traditions:
NONE/UNDESIGNATED/NO RESPONSE				2.0%	8.0%
TOTALS				100%	100%

1. Eileen W. Lindner, Editor, Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 1999 (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1999) and previous editions of this book.