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===Religion=== [[File:St Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Galveston.jpg|thumb|[[St. Mary Cathedral Basilica (Galveston, Texas)|Saint Mary Cathedral Basilica]], seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston]] In 2010 statistics, the largest religious group in Harris County was the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston]], with 1,947,223 Catholics worshiping at 109 parishes, followed by 579,759 [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptists]] with 811 congregations, 348,461 [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational Christian]] adherents with 577 congregations, 182,624 [[United Methodist Church|United Methodists]] with 124 congregations, an estimated 117,148 [[Islam in the United States|Muslims]] with 47 congregations, 44,472 [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] Mormons with 77 congregations, 39,041 [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalians]] with 43 congregations, 34,957 [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|PC-USA]] Presbyterians with 49 congregations, 33,525 [[Churches of Christ]] Christians with 124 congregations, and 30,521 [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod|LCMS]] Lutherans with 46 congregations. Altogether, 58.4% of the population was claimed as members by religious congregations, although members of historically African-American denominations were underrepresented due to incomplete information.<ref>{{cite web | title = County Membership Report Harris County (Texas) | url = http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/rcms2010A.asp?U=48201&T=county&Y=2010&S=Name | website = The [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] | date = 2010 | access-date = January 1, 2020 | archive-date = August 1, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161006/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/rcms2010A.asp?U=48201&T=county&Y=2010&S=Name | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2014, the county had 1,607 religious organizations, the third most out of all U.S. counties.<ref>{{cite web | title = Social Capital Variables Spreadsheet for 2014 | url = https://aese.psu.edu/nercrd/community/social-capital-resources/social-capital-variables-for-2014/social-capital-variables-spreadsheet-for-2014 | website = PennState College of Agricultural Sciences, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development | date = December 8, 2017 | access-date = December 30, 2019 | archive-date = December 31, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191231001016/https://aese.psu.edu/nercrd/community/social-capital-resources/social-capital-variables-for-2014/social-capital-variables-spreadsheet-for-2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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