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DeSoto County, Mississippi - County Membership Report (2010)

Exact definitions of "congregations" and "adherents" vary by religious body. Congregations may be parishes, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, or another site where a religious body has regularly scheduled worship services. Adherents generally are members, children who are not members, and others who are not members but are considered participants in the congregation.

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Religious Bodies Tradition Family Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 48 43,740 271.25
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 17 8,142 50.49
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 6 6,716 41.65
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 3 5,928 36.76
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 24 4,820 29.89
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 14 3,941 24.44
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6 3,535 21.92
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 13 2,047 12.69
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6 1,117 6.93
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 810 5.02
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2 740 4.59
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 6 727 4.51
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 3 491 3.04
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 485 3.01
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 3 352 2.18
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 258 1.60
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 202 1.25
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 3 198 1.23
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 1 198 1.23
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 156 0.97
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 146 0.91
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 128 0.79
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 85 0.53
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 69 0.43
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 32 0.20
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 26 0.16
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 15 0.09
Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America Other Other Groups Family 0 2 0.01
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Congregational Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 2
Reformed Baptist Church Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 2
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 161,252 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (85,106) included 52.8% of the total population in 2010. The adherence rate is the number of adherents of a given group per 1,000 people in the general population.

Note that data collection methods for religious bodies change over time, affecting the comparability of statistics. For further information, see the U.S. Religion Census website at https://www.usreligioncensus.org/.

The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155.

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