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Pickens County, South Carolina - 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 75 34,915 292.85
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 20 5,928 49.72
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 14 3,710 31.12
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 3 2,868 24.06
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 17 2,635 22.10
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 6 2,368 19.86
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 11 1,798 15.08
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 1,090 9.14
International Pentecostal Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3 1,043 8.75
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 700 5.87
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 3 677 5.68
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2 667 5.59
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 8 444 3.72
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 178 1.49
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 178 1.49
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 149 1.25
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 2 148 1.24
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 3 130 1.09
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 119 1.00
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 2 114 0.96
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 92 0.77
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 71 0.60
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 65 0.55
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 52 0.44
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 32 0.27
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 17 0.14
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 0 0.00
Friends General Conference Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 0 0.00
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 3
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 3
Reformed Baptist Church Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 119,224 in 2010. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (60,188) included 50.5% 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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