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How many churches are in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania had 15,135 congregations of all faiths in the 2020 U.S. Religion Census (Grammich et al., Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, 2022). The count includes synagogues, mosques and temples.
Overture Maps places (release of 2026-09-23) lists ~17,000 church locations on public maps in Pennsylvania, 13% above the census figure. In percentage terms that gap is smaller than in most states: number 30 of 51 (states and DC), counting from the largest. The map count itself is number 8 of 51, 3.9% of the US. Per resident, Pennsylvania matches the country almost exactly, with 130.4 church locations per 100,000 residents against 129.3 (number 25 of 51).
The 2020 U.S. Religion Census counted 15,135 congregations of all faiths in Pennsylvania.
15,135Overture Maps lists ~17,000 church locations in Pennsylvania, 13% above the census figure.
~17,000Philadelphia has 12% of Pennsylvania's church locations, more than three times Pittsburgh's count.
12%Pennsylvania has 130.4 church locations per 100,000 residents, against 129.3 for the US.
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Where churches in Pennsylvania are
Philadelphia has 12% of Pennsylvania's church locations and Pittsburgh is second, with less than a third of Philadelphia's count. After those two, no city has much more than 1.5% of the state's listings.
| City | Listed on public maps |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia | ~2,000 |
| Pittsburgh | ~610 |
| Harrisburg | ~270 |
| Lancaster | ~230 |
| York | ~220 |
| Erie | ~210 |
| Allentown | ~200 |
| Reading | ~190 |
| Bethlehem | ~140 |
| Johnstown | ~110 |
| Scranton | ~100 |
| Lebanon | ~100 |
| Chambersburg | ~100 |
| Chester | ~100 |
| New Castle | ~90 |
Counts are rounded.
Five of the 15 cities are in south-central Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Lebanon and Chambersburg. Allentown, Bethlehem and Reading are in the east and Scranton in the northeast. Erie, Johnstown and New Castle are the western entries besides Pittsburgh, and Chester is next to Philadelphia. The top 15 hold only 28% of the state's church locations; most are in boroughs and townships with smaller counts.
Pennsylvania compared with the US
Baptist and Roman Catholic tags are closer in Pennsylvania than on the US map. Baptist leads by about a fifth here, while nationally it has about four times the Catholic count. Anglican or Episcopal and Methodist rows are also among the eight largest tags.
Map category tags, not denominational shares.
| Category | Places |
|---|---|
| Christian, tradition not given | ~13,000 |
| Baptist | ~1,400 |
| Roman Catholic | ~1,200 |
| Religious organization with a worship name | ~710 |
| Pentecostal | ~380 |
| Anglican or Episcopal | ~170 |
| Protestant, denomination not given | ~150 |
| Methodist | ~70 |
Counts are rounded.
The generic "Christian, tradition not given" tag covers most listings, as it does in every state, so the named tags cover only a minority of listings. 86% of Pennsylvania listings are marked open by their source and 82% name a website, both above the US shares of 83% and 77%.
Questions about churches in Pennsylvania
How many churches are in Pennsylvania? 15,135 congregations of all faiths, counted by the 2020 U.S. Religion Census. Public maps list ~17,000 church locations, which count places rather than congregations.
How many churches are in Philadelphia? Philadelphia addresses hold 12% of the state's church locations on the map, more than three times Pittsburgh's share.
Why do maps list more Pennsylvania churches than the census counts? A closed church can stay on a map, and a congregation with a chapel or second campus gets two listings. Both push the map count up. Congregations without a listing pull it down, and in Pennsylvania the net effect is a smaller gap than in most states.
Can I order a Pennsylvania church list? Yes. You can order Pennsylvania churches as a state file from the order panel on this page. The file has one row per church location with the phone and website the church publishes, and its email with the page it came from where the church publishes one. We update and verify your list when you order, so you receive a fresh list. Delivered within 24 hours, usually much sooner.
Sources for Pennsylvania
| Figure | Source | File or publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Congregations of all faiths in Pennsylvania | 2020 U.S. Religion Census (Grammich et al., ASARB), 2020_USRC_Summaries.xlsx | Data year 2020; published 2022; file dated June 2023 |
| Pennsylvania church locations, rank, share, cities, map tags, open and website shares | Overture Maps places, release 2026-09-23.1 | 2026-09-23 |
| Church locations per 100,000 residents and their rank | Overture Maps places; US Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population | 2026-09-23; July 1, 2025 |
| Map count against the census figure, and its rank | Our comparison of the census and map counts for the 50 states and DC | 2026-10-03 |
What these numbers don't show
Township totals. Map addresses use postal city names, which often differ from the township or borough a church is in.
Merged parishes. A church building closed after a merger may still be listed.
Whether a listed church still meets. The open status comes from the map source, unchecked by us.
Attendance. The map counts places, and a busy parish and an almost empty chapel are one row each.
LimitsDownload the data
churches-register-2026-10.csvCSVCC BY 4.02026-10-03
nodilist.com, "How many churches are in Pennsylvania?", church locations from Overture Maps places release 2026-09-23.1 with the 2020 U.S. Religion Census congregation count, https://nodilist.com/churches/pennsylvania/.
- churches-register-2026-10.csv: church locations listed on public maps for Pennsylvania, the other states and DC, with rates per 100,000 residents, shares of the US and ranks.
The census figures, copyright ASARB, are left out of the CSV. Contains data from Overture Maps Foundation, licensed under CDLA Permissive 2.0.