Democratizing access to the best data on religion since 1997
US RELIGION
US RELIGION

Report Options

Report Year(s)


Add/Change Counties:



Scroll to Report Section:

Main Report
Over Time Chart
Notes

Search Membership Reports


Lexington County, South 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.

[More information on the data sources]

Religious Bodies Tradition Family Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 76 39,493 134.33
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 4 25,067 85.26
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 28 24,807 84.38
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 43 23,970 81.53
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 35 12,130 41.26
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 6 3,696 12.57
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 14 3,390 11.53
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 8 2,286 7.78
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 7 2,123 7.22
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 8 1,988 6.76
Hindu, Traditional Temples Hinduism Hinduism Family 1 1,950 6.63
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 5 1,860 6.33
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 11 1,815 6.17
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 6 1,341 4.56
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 4 1,160 3.95
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 7 1,050 3.57
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 6 1,019 3.47
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 6 1,011 3.44
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 8 938 3.19
Christian and Missionary Alliance Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 679 2.31
Full Gospel Christian Assemblies International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 616 2.10
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 2 552 1.88
International Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 460 1.56
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 371 1.26
Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. Black Protestant Pentecostal Family 2 360 1.22
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 1 295 1.00
Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism Buddhism Family 1 200 0.68
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 180 0.61
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 150 0.51
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 126 0.43
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 1 109 0.37
Association of Vineyard Churches Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1 100 0.34
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 65 0.22
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 34 0.12
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Orthodox Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Family 1 25 0.09
Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1 7 0.02
Chabad Judaism Judaism 2
Congregational Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Church of the Lutheran Confession Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) Evangelical Protestant Independent Fundamentalist Family 1
Alliance of Baptists Mainline Protestant Baptist Family 1
Free Presbyterian Church of North America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
North American Lutheran Church Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 4
American Sikh Council Other Other Groups Family 2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2
Calvary Chapel Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Church of God by Faith, Inc. Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Church of God of Prophecy Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
Hindu Yoga and Meditation Hinduism 1
Southern Methodist Church Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 1
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
Grace Communion International Evangelical Protestant 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 293,991 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (155,423) included 52.9% 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.

[More information on the data sources]

Our Sponsors

Our Affiliates

US RELIGION
WORLD RELIGION
DATA ARCHIVE
RESEARCH
TEACHING
CONGREGATIONS
ABOUT
© 2024 The Association of Religion Data Archives. All rights reserved.