The Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area is known for its numerous religious congregations. These churches offer a variety of faith traditions and provide spiritual guidance and support to their respective congregants. Local churches also often serve as outreach centers for the broader community, offering programs such as food banks, bible study classes, and youth groups. Many churches in the area have been around for decades and have contributed to the growth of the local population through their services. As such, these places of worship are not only integral parts of local culture but also important parts of the social fabric that unite this vibrant metropolitan region.
31.7% of the people in Santa Cruz-Watsonville Metro Area are religious:
- 0.3% are Baptist
- 0.6% are Episcopalian
- 20.1% are Catholic
- 0.4% are Lutheran
- 0.4% are Methodist
- 1.2% are Pentecostal
- 0.7% are Presbyterian
- 1.4% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 3.9% are another Christian faith
- 0.5% are Judaism
- 1.4% are an eastern faith
- 0.4% affilitates with Islam
DID YOU KNOW
According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.