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Richmond County, North Carolina - 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
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 17 9,116 212.27
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 31 7,325 170.56
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 26 4,660 108.51
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 1 2,003 46.64
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 18 1,986 46.24
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 4 658 15.32
Church of God in Christ Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 638 14.86
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 2 366 8.52
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 357 8.31
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 307 7.15
National Association of Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 4 283 6.59
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 250 5.82
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 1 236 5.50
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 232 5.40
Wesleyan Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 3 202 4.70
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 2 170 3.96
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 160 3.73
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 125 2.91
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 120 2.79
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant Congregationalists (United Church of Christ) Family 1 110 2.56
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 2 99 2.31
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1 60 1.40
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 19 0.44
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 6
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 3
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3
Congregational Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
The Church of God Evangelical Protestant 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 42,946 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (29,482) included 68.6% 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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