Schenectady County, New York has 109 churches in the Churches List directory, 3 of them verified and 35 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 123 congregations and 55,761 adherents across 47 religious bodies in the county. That is 353 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 158,052 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 17 | 33,069 | 209.2 |
| Muslim Estimate | 3 | 3,138 | 19.9 |
| Reformed Church in America | 8 | 1,945 | 12.3 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 9 | 1,770 | 11.2 |
| United Methodist Church | 11 | 1,670 | 10.6 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 2 | 1,332 | 8.4 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 5 | 1,230 | 7.8 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 3 | 1,218 | 7.7 |
| Assemblies of God | 6 | 1,096 | 6.9 |
| Reform Judaism | 1 | 1,021 | 6.5 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 4 | 952 | 6.0 |
| Episcopal Church | 6 | 850 | 5.4 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (158,052). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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Directory traditions here: Catholic (18) · Non-Denominational (14) · Baptist Churches (9) · Reformed Church in America (9) · United Methodist (9) · Episcopal (9) · Methodist (8) · Lutheran (7) · Presbyterian (5) · Evangelical (4)
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many New York counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Schenectady County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
FEMA has issued 25 disaster declarations covering Schenectady County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2021. The most frequent cause: severe storm (8 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
Directory listings are mapped to Schenectady County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.