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Alexander County, North Carolina (NC) Religion Statistics Profile - Bethlehem, Taylorsville, Stony Point

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Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregation: 65.56%
Here65.6%
USA50.2%
Total adherents in this county: 22,029, state total: 3,651,416
Total congregations in this county: 64, state total: 11,132
County population: 33,603

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregation - Main religions


NameMainline Protestant DenominationsEvangelical DenominationsCatholic ChurchOrthodox DenominationsOther Denominations
Congregations18 (28.13%)45 (70.31%)1 (1.56%)0 (0.00%)0 (0.00%)
Adherents4,945 (22.4%)
County22.4%
State32.1%
16,666 (75.7%)
County75.7%
State56.4%
416 (1.9%)
County1.9%
State8.6%
-
County0.0%
State0.2%
2 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State2.7%


Religion details

NameSouthern Baptist ConventionEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaUnited Methodist ChurchAssemblies of GodLutheran Church
Congregations34 (53.1%)6 (9.4%)10 (15.6%)3 (4.7%)2 (3.1%)
Adherents14,604 (66.3%)
County66.3%
State41.4%
2,610 (11.8%)
County11.8%
State2.4%
2,076 (9.4%)
County9.4%
State17.5%
814 (3.7%)
County3.7%
State1.1%
497 (2.3%)
County2.3%
State0.6%
NameAssociation Reformed Presbyterian ChurchCatholic ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) The Wesleyan Church
Congregations2 (3.1%)1 (1.6%)2 (3.1%)2 (3.1%)1 (1.6%)
Adherents465 (2.1%)
County2.1%
State0.3%
416 (1.9%)
County1.9%
State8.6%
259 (1.2%)
County1.2%
State5.6%
139 (0.6%)
County0.6%
State2.2%
100 (0.5%)
County0.5%
State0.9%
NameChurches of ChristBaha'i
Congregations1 (1.6%)-
Adherents47 (0.2%)
County0.2%
State0.6%
2 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.1%

Southern Baptist Convention
34 congregations: 0.91% of state's Southern Baptist Convention's 3,717 congregations.
14,604 adherents: 0.97% of state's Southern Baptist Convention's 1,512,058 adherents.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
6 congregations: 2.53% of state's Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 237 congregations.
2,610 adherents: 2.94% of state's Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 88,830 adherents.

United Methodist Church
10 congregations: 0.51% of state's United Methodist Church's 1,964 congregations.
2,076 adherents: 0.32% of state's United Methodist Church's 638,785 adherents.

Assemblies of God
3 congregations: 1.38% of state's Assemblies of God's 218 congregations.
814 adherents: 1.98% of state's Assemblies of God's 41,036 adherents.

Lutheran Church
2 congregations: 3.57% of state's Lutheran Church's 56 congregations.
497 adherents: 2.41% of state's Lutheran Church's 20,651 adherents.

Association Reformed Presbyterian Church
2 congregations: 3.39% of state's Association Reformed Presbyterian Church's 59 congregations.
465 adherents: 4.19% of state's Association Reformed Presbyterian Church's 11,101 adherents.

Catholic Church
1 congregations: 0.56% of state's Catholic Church's 180 congregations.
416 adherents: 0.13% of state's Catholic Church's 315,606 adherents.

Presbyterian Church (USA)
2 congregations: 0.27% of state's Presbyterian Church (USA)'s 738 congregations.
259 adherents: 0.13% of state's Presbyterian Church (USA)'s 203,647 adherents.

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
2 congregations: 0.43% of state's Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)'s 465 congregations.
139 adherents: 0.17% of state's Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)'s 81,037 adherents.

The Wesleyan Church
1 congregations: 0.57% of state's The Wesleyan Church's 174 congregations.
100 adherents: 0.31% of state's The Wesleyan Church's 32,475 adherents.

Churches of Christ
1 congregations: 0.53% of state's Churches of Christ's 189 congregations.
47 adherents: 0.22% of state's Churches of Christ's 21,522 adherents.

Baha'i
2 adherents: 0.04% of state's Baha'i's 5,162 adherents.

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

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