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Blount County, Tennessee - 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 81 33,481 247.49
Non-denominational Christian Churches Evangelical Protestant Other Groups Family 43 12,230 90.41
United Methodist Church Mainline Protestant Methodist Family 22 10,117 74.79
Catholic Church Catholic Catholic Liturgical Family 2 3,694 27.31
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 7 1,672 12.36
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Adventist Family 6 1,634 12.08
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 10 1,055 7.80
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 5 853 6.31
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Black Protestant Baptist Family 7 822 6.08
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant Restorationists Family 7 774 5.72
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 3 524 3.87
Muslim Estimate Islam Islam Family 1 427 3.16
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) Family 1 421 3.11
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 2 310 2.29
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant Lutheran Family 1 286 2.11
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant Adventist Family 1 285 2.11
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1 247 1.83
Assemblies of God, General Council of the Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 4 236 1.74
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1 188 1.39
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America Black Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1 180 1.33
African Methodist Episcopal Church Black Protestant Methodist Family 1 180 1.33
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 3 159 1.18
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Black Protestant Baptist Family 1 150 1.11
Unitarian Universalist Association Other Christians Liberal Family 1 147 1.09
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 2 145 1.07
Primitive Baptists Associations Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1 94 0.69
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 50 0.37
Salvation Army Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1 44 0.33
Friends United Meeting Mainline Protestant Friends/Brethren Family 1 25 0.18
Baha'i Faith Other Other Groups Family 0 18 0.13
Bible Methodist Connection of Churches Evangelical Protestant Holiness Family 1
Congregational Holiness Church Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
North American Lutheran Church Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Family 1
Orthodox Presbyterian Church Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) Evangelical Protestant Presbyterian/Reformed Family 1
Evangelical Free Church of America Evangelical Protestant Methodist Family 2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches Evangelical Protestant Baptist Family 1
Anglican Church in North America Evangelical Protestant Anglican/Episcopal Family 1
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 2
United Pentecostal Church International Evangelical Protestant Pentecostal Family 1
           

Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population


The population of this county was 135,280 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (70,448) included 52.1% 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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