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Hempstead County, Arkansas - County Membership Report (2020)

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 13 4,147 206.68
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 6 1,500 74.76
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 14 1,496 74.56
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 10 975 48.59
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 8 729 36.33
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 702 34.99
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 7 700 34.89
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 1 485 24.17
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 2 414 20.63
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 354 17.64
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 220 10.96
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 210 10.47
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 202 10.07
American Baptist Association Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 154 7.68
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 132 6.58
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 100 4.98
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 94 4.68
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 45 2.24
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 17 0.85
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 1 0.05
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant Restorationists Family 1 0 0.00
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 0 0.00
Baptist Missionary Association of America Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 13
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 20,065 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (12,677) included 63.2% of the total population in 2020. 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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