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.
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Reports
|
Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
101 |
76,003 |
149.94 |
Black Baptists Estimate |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
--- |
48,527 |
95.74 |
United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
106 |
38,715 |
76.38 |
Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
25 |
24,079 |
47.50 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
32 |
13,540 |
26.71 |
Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
32 |
12,798 |
25.25 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
20 |
9,582 |
18.90 |
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
3 |
5,475 |
10.80 |
Jewish |
Other |
Judaism |
3 |
4,500 |
8.88 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
7 |
2,982 |
5.88 |
Reformed Episcopal Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
30 |
2,807 |
5.54 |
International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
29 |
2,658 |
5.24 |
Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
12 |
2,635 |
5.20 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
12 |
2,236 |
4.41 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
6 |
2,054 |
4.05 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
19 |
1,999 |
3.94 |
Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
4 |
1,600 |
3.16 |
Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
1,561 |
3.08 |
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
9 |
1,546 |
3.05 |
Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
6 |
1,326 |
2.62 |
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
809 |
1.60 |
Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
12 |
516 |
1.02 |
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
3 |
368 |
0.73 |
National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
324 |
0.64 |
Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
4 |
296 |
0.58 |
United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
235 |
0.46 |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
233 |
0.46 |
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other |
Liberal |
1 |
226 |
0.45 |
Salvation Army |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
172 |
0.34 |
Christian Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
4 |
145 |
0.29 |
Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
141 |
0.28 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
113 |
0.22 |
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
92 |
0.18 |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
66 |
0.13 |
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
59 |
0.12 |
Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
53 |
0.10 |
Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
European Free-Church |
1 |
50 |
0.10 |
Advent Christian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
1 |
40 |
0.08 |
Evangelical Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
34 |
0.07 |
Church of Christ, Scientist |
Other |
Christian Science |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| | Totals: | 509 | 260,595 | |
The population of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 506,875 in 1990; in 1980 it was 430,462. The total population changed 17.8%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (260,595) included 51.4% of the total population in 1990.
*
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.