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== Religion == In 2010 statistics, the largest religious group in Allegheny County was the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh]], with 460,672 Catholics worshipping at 179 parishes; followed by the [[United Methodist Church]], with 44,204 Methodists in 100 congregations; the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]], with 42,838 Presbyterians in 145 congregations; [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational]] Protestants, with 33,103 adherents in 85 congregations; the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], with 24,718 Lutherans in 77 congregations; the [[American Baptist Churches USA]], with 17,148 Baptists in 42 congregations; the [[Assemblies of God]], with 12,398 Pentecostals in 30 congregations; [[Reform Judaism]], with 8,483 Jews in 6 congregations; the 7,780 [[Episcopal Church (United States)]], with 7,780 Episcopalians in 19 congregations; and [[Hinduism in the United States]], with 6,700 Hindus in four [[List of Hindu temples in the United States#Pennsylvania|temples]]. Altogether, 60.6% 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 Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) | url = http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/rcms2010A.asp?U=42003&T=county&Y=2010&S=adh | website = The [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] | date = 2010 | access-date = January 2, 2020}}</ref> In 2014, Allegheny County had 794 religious organizations, the 11th most out of all US 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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