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The Southern Methodist Church was founded in 1939 by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who rejected that church's merger with the Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Protestant Church to form The Methodist Church in 1939.
Using data from the 1980-2010 Religious Congregations and Membership Studies, this list ranks U.S. counties on the highest total number of adherents and the highest percent of the population in the Southern Methodist Church. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings. Congregational "Adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. "Percent" is the percentage of the total population that belongs to that denomination. Note: Adherents are sometimes residents of a county different than the location of their congregation.
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Complete List
Ranking | County [Download CSV] | Adherents | Percent |
30 |
Aiken County, South Carolina |
116 |
0.11 |
16 |
Bamberg County, South Carolina |
53 |
0.29 |
8 |
Barnwell County, South Carolina |
124 |
0.62 |
21 |
Bedford County, Tennessee |
59 |
0.21 |
41 |
Berkeley County, South Carolina |
-- |
-- |
14 |
Bibb County, Alabama |
55 |
0.35 |
37 |
Bibb County, Georgia |
49 |
0.03 |
29 |
Bienville Parish, Louisiana |
20 |
0.12 |
32 |
Bossier Parish, Louisiana |
70 |
0.09 |
29 |
Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
315 |
0.12 |
39 |
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana |
15 |
0.01 |
6 |
Calhoun County, South Carolina |
91 |
0.75 |
34 |
Campbell County, Virginia |
82 |
0.07 |
31 |
Cass County, Texas |
28 |
0.1 |
41 |
Charles County, Maryland |
-- |
-- |
27 |
Charleston County, South Carolina |
375 |
0.14 |
39 |
Chatham County, Georgia |
30 |
0.01 |
27 |
Chesterfield County, South Carolina |
53 |
0.14 |
15 |
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana |
54 |
0.32 |
2 |
Clarendon County, South Carolina |
293 |
1.07 |
22 |
Clarke County, Mississippi |
32 |
0.19 |
39 |
Cobb County, Georgia |
25 |
0.01 |
33 |
Colleton County, South Carolina |
26 |
0.08 |
32 |
Colquitt County, Georgia |
31 |
0.09 |
12 |
Columbia County, Arkansas |
99 |
0.37 |
41 |
Columbia County, Florida |
-- |
-- |
32 |
Copiah County, Mississippi |
23 |
0.09 |
31 |
Dale County, Alabama |
48 |
0.1 |
39 |
Dallas County, Texas |
96 |
0.01 |
11 |
Darlington County, South Carolina |
243 |
0.39 |
22 |
Davidson County, Tennessee |
895 |
0.19 |
26 |
De Soto Parish, Louisiana |
38 |
0.15 |
37 |
Denton County, Texas |
38 |
0.03 |
10 |
Dillon County, South Carolina |
138 |
0.44 |
7 |
Dorchester County, South Carolina |
375 |
0.64 |
34 |
Dougherty County, Georgia |
69 |
0.07 |
40 |
Duval County, Florida |
15 |
0 |
39 |
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
43 |
0.01 |
36 |
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana |
10 |
0.05 |
24 |
Effingham County, Georgia |
31 |
0.17 |
37 |
Escambia County, Florida |
78 |
0.03 |
35 |
Etowah County, Alabama |
60 |
0.06 |
15 |
Florence County, South Carolina |
356 |
0.32 |
27 |
Floyd County, Georgia |
112 |
0.14 |
21 |
Forrest County, Mississippi |
140 |
0.21 |
40 |
Fulton County, Georgia |
20 |
0 |
37 |
Georgetown County, South Carolina |
12 |
0.03 |
34 |
Glynn County, Georgia |
41 |
0.07 |
37 |
Greenville County, South Carolina |
94 |
0.03 |
37 |
Hamilton County, Tennessee |
73 |
0.03 |
30 |
Harrison County, Texas |
59 |
0.11 |
34 |
Henry County, Tennessee |
19 |
0.07 |
39 |
Hillsborough County, Florida |
84 |
0.01 |
25 |
Horry County, South Carolina |
162 |
0.16 |
38 |
Houston County, Alabama |
15 |
0.02 |
30 |
Humphreys County, Tennessee |
18 |
0.11 |
37 |
Jefferson County, Alabama |
187 |
0.03 |
37 |
Jefferson County, Texas |
68 |
0.03 |
32 |
Kershaw County, South Carolina |
34 |
0.09 |
39 |
Knox County, Tennessee |
18 |
0.01 |
24 |
Lafayette County, Mississippi |
54 |
0.17 |
21 |
Lauderdale County, Mississippi |
160 |
0.21 |
26 |
Laurens County, South Carolina |
79 |
0.15 |
16 |
Lee County, South Carolina |
55 |
0.29 |
22 |
Lexington County, South Carolina |
265 |
0.19 |
33 |
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana |
31 |
0.08 |
33 |
Livingston Parish, Louisiana |
48 |
0.08 |
23 |
Lowndes County, Georgia |
121 |
0.18 |
38 |
Madison County, Alabama |
46 |
0.02 |
7 |
Madison County, Florida |
95 |
0.64 |
23 |
Madison County, Tennessee |
133 |
0.18 |
3 |
Marion County, South Carolina |
359 |
1.05 |
31 |
Martin County, Florida |
65 |
0.1 |
39 |
Mobile County, Alabama |
45 |
0.01 |
29 |
Monroe County, Tennessee |
35 |
0.12 |
24 |
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana |
68 |
0.17 |
17 |
Newberry County, South Carolina |
82 |
0.26 |
29 |
Oconee County, South Carolina |
59 |
0.12 |
1 |
Orangeburg County, South Carolina |
1,036 |
1.26 |
39 |
Orleans Parish, Louisiana |
43 |
0.01 |
31 |
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana |
133 |
0.1 |
41 |
Palm Beach County, Florida |
-- |
-- |
25 |
Pike County, Mississippi |
59 |
0.16 |
4 |
Red River Parish, Louisiana |
99 |
0.95 |
36 |
Richland County, South Carolina |
137 |
0.05 |
26 |
Richmond County, Georgia |
265 |
0.15 |
34 |
Rockingham County, Virginia |
54 |
0.07 |
38 |
Rutherford County, Tennessee |
20 |
0.02 |
38 |
Sarasota County, Florida |
33 |
0.02 |
38 |
Shelby County, Tennessee |
161 |
0.02 |
9 |
Smith County, Tennessee |
75 |
0.5 |
41 |
Smith County, Texas |
-- |
-- |
41 |
St. Lucie County, Florida |
-- |
-- |
41 |
Stafford County, Virginia |
-- |
-- |
27 |
Sumter County, Georgia |
42 |
0.14 |
20 |
Sumter County, South Carolina |
192 |
0.22 |
31 |
Suwannee County, Florida |
22 |
0.1 |
18 |
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana |
199 |
0.25 |
30 |
Tift County, Georgia |
35 |
0.11 |
34 |
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama |
95 |
0.07 |
32 |
Union County, Arkansas |
43 |
0.09 |
22 |
Washington County, Georgia |
36 |
0.19 |
5 |
Wayne County, Mississippi |
164 |
0.86 |
29 |
Webster Parish, Louisiana |
53 |
0.12 |
13 |
Wheeler County, Texas |
26 |
0.36 |
28 |
Williamsburg County, South Carolina |
51 |
0.13 |
19 |
Williamson County, Tennessee |
138 |
0.24 |
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In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.
However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.
Source
2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]
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