Angel in etched glass overlooking the Hollywood Freeway from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.
With more than 3 million adherents in 2020, Los Angeles County is home to the largest Catholic population in the United States. Cook County, Illinois (home of Chicago), is home to the second largest Catholic population in the nation with 1.5 million adherents.
Los Angeles County was home to more than 97,000 Buddhist adherents in 2020, making up nine percent of all Buddhist adherents in the nation. The county's Buddhist community is the largest concentration in the United States.
Also see:
-- Religious Bodies in Los Angeles County
-- Largest Protestant Christian Churches in Los Angeles County.
Adherents are members and their children and others who regularly attend services.
| Religious Body | Tradition | Congregations | Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | Catholic | 274 | 3,148,829 |
| Non-denominational | Evangelical Protestant | 531 | 378,500 |
| Muslim Estimate | Muslim | 74 | 142,661 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The | Latter-day Saints | 198 | 124,938 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | Evangelical Protestant | 588 | 118,072 |
| Religious Body | Tradition | Congregations | Adherents |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Jehovah's Witnesses | 461 | 116,034 |
| Assemblies of God | Evangelical Protestant | 297 | 103,929 |
| Church of God in Christ | Black Protestant | 122 | 77,607 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the | Evangelical Protestant | 184 | 74,822 |
| Mahayna Buddhist | Buddhist | 87 | 56,760 |
| Religious Body | Tradition | Congregations | Adherents |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention | Black Protestant | 164 | 55,116 |
| Orthodox Judaism | Judaism | 37 | 44,400 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | Black Protestant | 32 | 41,598 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | Evangelical Protestant | 136 | 40,381 |
| United Methodist Church, The | Mainline Protestant | 147 | 37,515 |
Source: The Association of Religion Data Archives.
