Palo Alto County, Iowa (IA) Religion Statistics Profile - Emmetsburg, Graettinger, West Bend, Ruthven, Mallard

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Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregation: 92.94%

Here		92.9%
USA		50.2%

Total adherents in this county: 9,431, state total: 1,711,426
Total congregations in this county: 26, state total: 4,584
County population: 10,147

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregation - Main religions

Name

Mainline Protestant Denominations

Evangelical Denominations

Catholic Church

Orthodox Denominations

Other Denominations

Congregations

12 (46.15%)

8 (30.77%)

6 (23.08%)

0 (0.00%)

Adherents

3,801 (40.3%)

County		40.3%
State		45.5%

1,962 (20.8%)

County		20.8%
State		20.0%

3,667 (38.9%)

County		38.9%
State		32.6%

County		0.0%
State		0.2%

1 (0.0%)

County		0.0%
State		1.7%

Religion details

Name

Catholic Church

United Methodist Church

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Lutheran Church

Inc. Apostolic Christian Church of America

Congregations

6 (23.1%)

5 (19.2%)

1 (3.8%)

Adherents

3,667 (38.9%)

County		38.9%
State		32.6%

2,084 (22.1%)

County		22.1%
State		14.5%

1,689 (17.9%)

County		17.9%
State		15.7%

1,242 (13.2%)

County		13.2%
State		7.0%

510 (5.4%)

County		5.4%
State		0.1%

Name

Assemblies of God

General Association of Regular Baptist Churches

Episcopal Church

Baha'i

Congregations

1 (3.8%)

Adherents

130 (1.4%)

County		1.4%
State		1.6%

80 (0.8%)

County		0.8%
State		0.8%

28 (0.3%)

County		0.3%
State		0.7%

1 (0.0%)

County		0.0%
State		0.1%

Catholic Church
6 congregations: 1.18% of state's Catholic Church's 508 congregations.
3,667 adherents: 0.66% of state's Catholic Church's 558,092 adherents.

United Methodist Church
6 congregations: 0.70% of state's United Methodist Church's 862 congregations.
2,084 adherents: 0.84% of state's United Methodist Church's 248,211 adherents.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
5 congregations: 0.98% of state's Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 510 congregations.
1,689 adherents: 0.63% of state's Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 268,543 adherents.

Lutheran Church
5 congregations: 1.70% of state's Lutheran Church's 294 congregations.
1,242 adherents: 1.03% of state's Lutheran Church's 120,075 adherents.

Inc. Apostolic Christian Church of America
1 congregations: 12.50% of state's Inc. Apostolic Christian Church of America's 8 congregations.
510 adherents: 24.10% of state's Inc. Apostolic Christian Church of America's 2,116 adherents.

Assemblies of God
1 congregations: 0.73% of state's Assemblies of God's 137 congregations.
130 adherents: 0.46% of state's Assemblies of God's 28,026 adherents.

General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
1 congregations: 0.99% of state's General Association of Regular Baptist Churches' 101 congregations.
80 adherents: 0.56% of state's General Association of Regular Baptist Churches' 14,390 adherents.

Episcopal Church
1 congregations: 1.56% of state's Episcopal Church's 64 congregations.
28 adherents: 0.22% of state's Episcopal Church's 12,730 adherents.

Baha'i
1 adherents: 0.10% of state's Baha'i's 1,012 adherents.

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

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