State Membership Report
South Dakota
Religious Traditions, 2010
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Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
[More information on the data sources]
Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
1 |
350 |
0.5 |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Seventh Day) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
24 |
2,098 |
2.8 |
| American Baptist Association, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
74 |
0.1 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
35 |
6,417 |
8.5 |
| Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
15 |
3,634 |
4.8 |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
138 |
0.2 |
| Independent Baptist Fellowship International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| International Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
27 |
0.0 |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
0 |
--- |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
337 |
0.4 |
| North American Baptist Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
23 |
4,306 |
5.7 |
| Reformed Baptist Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
47 |
6,608 |
8.8 |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
252 |
181,434 |
240.4 |
| Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Hutterian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Communal |
54 |
5,400 |
7.2 |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
222 |
0.3 |
| Holy Orthodox Church in North America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
85 |
11,191 |
14.8 |
| Amish Groups, undifferentiated* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
2 |
191 |
0.3 |
| Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends* |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
50 |
0.1 |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Friends General Conference* |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
10 |
2,163 |
2.9 |
| Mennonite; Other Groups |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
5 |
706 |
0.9 |
| U.S. Mennonite Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
9 |
1,363 |
1.8 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
12 |
1,093 |
1.4 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
605 |
0.8 |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
17 |
1,008 |
1.3 |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
101 |
0.1 |
| Missionary Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
94 |
0.1 |
| Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
7 |
2,804 |
3.7 |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
31 |
7,865 |
10.4 |
| Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Grace Gospel Fellowship |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Conservative Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
3 |
350 |
0.5 |
| Reform Judaism |
Other |
Judaism |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
31 |
5,998 |
7.9 |
| Community of Christ |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
1 |
39 |
0.1 |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
3 |
112 |
0.1 |
| American Association of Lutheran Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
19 |
2,535 |
3.4 |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of the Lutheran Confession |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
259 |
121,871 |
161.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
116 |
31,524 |
41.8 |
| Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| North American Lutheran Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
57 |
9,762 |
12.9 |
| Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Covenant Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
11 |
895 |
1.2 |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
15 |
1,980 |
2.6 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
164 |
37,280 |
49.4 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
9 |
1,032 |
1.4 |
| Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of |
Mainline Protestant |
Other Groups |
2 |
74 |
0.1 |
| Muslim Estimate |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
50 |
0.1 |
| Unity Churches, Association of |
Other |
Other Groups |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
51 |
7,438 |
9.9 |
| Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
11 |
699 |
0.9 |
| Church of God in Christ |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
90 |
0.1 |
| Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
1,518 |
2.0 |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
350 |
0.5 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
65 |
0.1 |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Vineyard USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
163 |
0.2 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
14 |
4,297 |
5.7 |
| Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
33 |
0.0 |
| Conservative Congregational Christian Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Netherlands Reformed Congregations |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
268 |
0.4 |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
5 |
362 |
0.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
85 |
12,763 |
16.9 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
8 |
1,217 |
1.6 |
| Protestant Reformed Churches in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Reformed Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
26 |
7,516 |
10.0 |
| Reformed Church in the United States |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
11 |
1,244 |
1.6 |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
91 |
15,987 |
21.2 |
| United Reformed Churches in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
2 |
708 |
0.9 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
16 |
2,049 |
2.7 |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Restoration Movement |
24 |
1,328 |
1.8 |
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Totals:
| 1,712 |
511,886 |
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The population of South Dakota was 754,844 in 2000; in 1990 it was 696,004. The total population changed 8.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (511,886) included 67.8% of the total population in 2000.
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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 the Catholic Church, 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]
†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.
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