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Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregation: 62.97%
Here63.0%
USA50.2%
Total adherents in this county: 1,552,336, state total: 11,461,411
Total congregations in this county: 959, state total: 11,001
County population: 2,465,326

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregation - Main religions


NameMainline Protestant DenominationsEvangelical DenominationsCatholic ChurchOrthodox DenominationsOther Denominations
Congregations219 (22.84%)295 (30.76%)127 (13.24%)13 (1.36%)305 (31.80%)
Adherents102,191 (6.6%)
County6.6%
State11.4%
86,054 (5.5%)
County5.5%
State4.9%
912,509 (58.8%)
County58.8%
State65.9%
11,217 (0.7%)
County0.7%
State0.9%
440,365 (28.4%)
County28.4%
State16.9%


Religion details

NameCatholic ChurchMuslim EstimateAmerican Baptist Churches in the USASeventh-Day Adventist Church Charismatic Churches Independent
Congregations127 (13.2%)26 (2.7%)51 (5.3%)48 (5.0%)6 (0.6%)
Adherents912,509 (58.8%)
County58.8%
State65.9%
57,897 (3.7%)
County3.7%
State2.0%
57,755 (3.7%)
County3.7%
State1.8%
22,273 (1.4%)
County1.4%
State0.6%
20,400 (1.3%)
County1.3%
State0.3%
NameAssemblies of GodEpiscopal ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Congregations57 (5.9%)33 (3.4%)32 (3.3%)37 (3.9%)4 (0.4%)
Adherents15,600 (1.0%)
County1.0%
State0.9%
15,352 (1.0%)
County1.0%
State1.8%
12,821 (0.8%)
County0.8%
State3.5%
7,249 (0.5%)
County0.5%
State1.5%
6,309 (0.4%)
County0.4%
State0.5%
NameChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Salvation ArmySouthern Baptist ConventionPresbyterian Church (USA)Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, colloquially Mormon Church)
Congregations29 (3.0%)8 (0.8%)24 (2.5%)24 (2.5%)7 (0.7%)
Adherents4,923 (0.3%)
County0.3%
State0.2%
3,860 (0.2%)
County0.2%
State0.2%
3,693 (0.2%)
County0.2%
State0.2%
3,368 (0.2%)
County0.2%
State1.4%
3,080 (0.2%)
County0.2%
State0.4%
NameChurch of the NazareneAntiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North AmericaReformed Church in AmericaChristian Church (Disciples of Christ) The Wesleyan Church
Congregations18 (1.9%)2 (0.2%)13 (1.4%)11 (1.1%)4 (0.4%)
Adherents2,712 (0.2%)
County0.2%
State0.2%
2,178 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.0%
1,732 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.6%
1,633 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.1%
1,579 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.4%
NameChristian and Missionary AllianceLutheran ChurchGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of VasiloupulisChurch of God of ProphecyNational Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Congregations10 (1.0%)8 (0.8%)1 (0.1%)11 (1.1%)5 (0.5%)
Adherents1,540 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.2%
1,185 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.7%
1,125 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.1%
1,066 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.0%
982 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.0%
NameConservative Baptist Association of AmericaEvangelical Free Church of AmericaBaptist General ConferenceChurches of ChristChurch of God (Anderson, Indiana)
Congregations10 (1.0%)7 (0.7%)6 (0.6%)4 (0.4%)6 (0.6%)
Adherents892 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.1%
846 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.0%
803 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.0%
802 (0.1%)
County0.1%
State0.1%
772 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
NameUkranian Orthodox Church of the USAUnited Church of ChristChristian Churches and Churches of ChristOrthodox Church in America: Territorial DiocesesMoravian Church in America
Congregations1 (0.1%)9 (0.9%)10 (1.0%)3 (0.3%)2 (0.2%)
Adherents750 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
712 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.5%
635 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.1%
580 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
477 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
NameUnitarian Universalist AssociationChurch of the Brethren Non-Charismatic Churches IndependentPentecostal Church of GodMennonite Church USA
Congregations2 (0.2%)2 (0.2%)1 (0.1%)2 (0.2%)6 (0.6%)
Adherents388 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.1%
383 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
350 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.1%
348 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
343 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
NameMissionary ChurchFree Methodist Church of North AmericaVineyard USASyrian Orthodox Church of Antioch American Diocese Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Congregations2 (0.2%)5 (0.5%)1 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)
Adherents288 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
256 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.1%
165 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
150 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
125 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
Name General Conference Churches of GodInternational Pentecostal Holiness ChurchFriends (Quakers)General Association of Regular Baptist ChurchesPrimitive Methodist Church in the USA
Congregations2 (0.2%)1 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)
Adherents71 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
67 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
63 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
63 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.1%
61 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
Name Additional (Not in any CCC Body) Congregational Christian ChurchesMennonite; Other GroupsInternational Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Congregations1 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)
Adherents47 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
44 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%
34 (0.0%)
County0.0%
State0.0%

Catholic Church
127 congregations: 7.12% of state's Catholic Church's 1,784 congregations.
912,509 adherents: 12.09% of state's Catholic Church's 7,550,491 adherents.

Muslim Estimate
26 congregations: 18.06% of state's Muslim Estimate's 144 congregations.
57,897 adherents: 25.85% of state's Muslim Estimate's 223,968 adherents.

American Baptist Churches in the USA
51 congregations: 9.43% of state's American Baptist Churches in the USA's 541 congregations.
57,755 adherents: 28.41% of state's American Baptist Churches in the USA's 203,297 adherents.

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
48 congregations: 19.28% of state's Seventh-Day Adventist Church's 249 congregations.
22,273 adherents: 33.24% of state's Seventh-Day Adventist Church's 66,998 adherents.

Charismatic Churches Independent
6 congregations: 30.00% of state's Charismatic Churches Independent's 20 congregations.
20,400 adherents: 69.74% of state's Charismatic Churches Independent's 29,250 adherents.

Assemblies of God
57 congregations: 11.26% of state's Assemblies of God's 506 congregations.
15,600 adherents: 15.88% of state's Assemblies of God's 98,209 adherents.

Episcopal Church
33 congregations: 4.76% of state's Episcopal Church's 693 congregations.
15,352 adherents: 7.61% of state's Episcopal Church's 201,797 adherents.

United Methodist Church
32 congregations: 2.28% of state's United Methodist Church's 1,404 congregations.
12,821 adherents: 3.18% of state's United Methodist Church's 403,362 adherents.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
37 congregations: 8.67% of state's Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 427 congregations.
7,249 adherents: 4.28% of state's Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's 169,329 adherents.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
4 congregations: 6.25% of state's Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America's 64 congregations.
6,309 adherents: 10.27% of state's Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America's 61,407 adherents.

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
29 congregations: 17.90% of state's Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)'s 162 congregations.
4,923 adherents: 21.18% of state's Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)'s 23,248 adherents.

Salvation Army
8 congregations: 8.25% of state's Salvation Army's 97 congregations.
3,860 adherents: 16.04% of state's Salvation Army's 24,065 adherents.

Southern Baptist Convention
24 congregations: 10.96% of state's Southern Baptist Convention's 219 congregations.
3,693 adherents: 15.16% of state's Southern Baptist Convention's 24,364 adherents.

Presbyterian Church (USA)
24 congregations: 3.35% of state's Presbyterian Church (USA)'s 717 congregations.
3,368 adherents: 2.08% of state's Presbyterian Church (USA)'s 162,227 adherents.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, colloquially Mormon Church)
7 congregations: 4.38% of state's Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, colloquially Mormon Church)'s 160 congregations.
3,080 adherents: 6.85% of state's Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, colloquially Mormon Church)'s 44,987 adherents.

Church of the Nazarene
18 congregations: 11.39% of state's Church of the Nazarene's 158 congregations.
2,712 adherents: 15.56% of state's Church of the Nazarene's 17,433 adherents.

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
2 congregations: 16.67% of state's Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America's 12 congregations.
2,178 adherents: 44.63% of state's Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America's 4,880 adherents.

Reformed Church in America
13 congregations: 5.22% of state's Reformed Church in America's 249 congregations.
1,732 adherents: 2.54% of state's Reformed Church in America's 68,261 adherents.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
11 congregations: 24.44% of state's Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)'s 45 congregations.
1,633 adherents: 23.20% of state's Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)'s 7,040 adherents.

The Wesleyan Church
4 congregations: 3.23% of state's The Wesleyan Church's 124 congregations.
1,579 adherents: 3.77% of state's The Wesleyan Church's 41,898 adherents.

Christian and Missionary Alliance
10 congregations: 6.21% of state's Christian and Missionary Alliance's 161 congregations.
1,540 adherents: 6.38% of state's Christian and Missionary Alliance's 24,142 adherents.

Lutheran Church
8 congregations: 4.10% of state's Lutheran Church's 195 congregations.
1,185 adherents: 1.45% of state's Lutheran Church's 81,705 adherents.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis
1 congregations: 16.67% of state's Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis' 6 congregations.
1,125 adherents: 13.62% of state's Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis' 8,260 adherents.

Church of God of Prophecy
11 congregations: 25.00% of state's Church of God of Prophecy's 44 congregations.
1,066 adherents: 26.24% of state's Church of God of Prophecy's 4,062 adherents.

National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
5 congregations: 38.46% of state's National Association of Congregational Christian Churches' 13 congregations.
982 adherents: 54.46% of state's National Association of Congregational Christian Churches' 1,803 adherents.

Conservative Baptist Association of America
10 congregations: 9.17% of state's Conservative Baptist Association of America's 109 congregations.
892 adherents: 6.38% of state's Conservative Baptist Association of America's 13,971 adherents.

Evangelical Free Church of America
7 congregations: 21.21% of state's Evangelical Free Church of America's 33 congregations.
846 adherents: 20.97% of state's Evangelical Free Church of America's 4,034 adherents.

Baptist General Conference
6 congregations: 35.29% of state's Baptist General Conference's 17 congregations.
803 adherents: 22.26% of state's Baptist General Conference's 3,607 adherents.

Churches of Christ
4 congregations: 4.17% of state's Churches of Christ's 96 congregations.
802 adherents: 8.23% of state's Churches of Christ's 9,749 adherents.

Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
6 congregations: 17.14% of state's Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)'s 35 congregations.
772 adherents: 27.85% of state's Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)'s 2,772 adherents.

Ukranian Orthodox Church of the USA
1 congregations: 5.26% of state's Ukranian Orthodox Church of the USA's 19 congregations.
750 adherents: 15.36% of state's Ukranian Orthodox Church of the USA's 4,884 adherents.

United Church of Christ
9 congregations: 3.09% of state's United Church of Christ's 291 congregations.
712 adherents: 1.21% of state's United Church of Christ's 58,949 adherents.

Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
10 congregations: 15.63% of state's Christian Churches and Churches of Christ's 64 congregations.
635 adherents: 9.61% of state's Christian Churches and Churches of Christ's 6,607 adherents.

Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses
3 congregations: 9.68% of state's Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses' 31 congregations.
580 adherents: 10.60% of state's Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses' 5,471 adherents.

Moravian Church in America
2 congregations: 18.18% of state's Moravian Church in America's 11 congregations.
477 adherents: 13.89% of state's Moravian Church in America's 3,435 adherents.

Unitarian Universalist Association
2 congregations: 3.23% of state's Unitarian Universalist Association's 62 congregations.
388 adherents: 3.11% of state's Unitarian Universalist Association's 12,489 adherents.

Church of the Brethren
2 congregations: 100.00% of state's Church of the Brethren's 2 congregations.
383 adherents: 100.00% of state's Church of the Brethren's 383 adherents.

Non-Charismatic Churches Independent
1 congregations: 5.26% of state's Non-Charismatic Churches Independent's 19 congregations.
350 adherents: 2.46% of state's Non-Charismatic Churches Independent's 14,250 adherents.

Pentecostal Church of God
2 congregations: 40.00% of state's Pentecostal Church of God's 5 congregations.
348 adherents: 42.49% of state's Pentecostal Church of God's 819 adherents.

Mennonite Church USA
6 congregations: 15.79% of state's Mennonite Church USA's 38 congregations.
343 adherents: 12.39% of state's Mennonite Church USA's 2,768 adherents.

Missionary Church
2 congregations: 40.00% of state's Missionary Church's 5 congregations.
288 adherents: 55.49% of state's Missionary Church's 519 adherents.

Free Methodist Church of North America
5 congregations: 6.10% of state's Free Methodist Church of North America's 82 congregations.
256 adherents: 2.70% of state's Free Methodist Church of North America's 9,482 adherents.

Vineyard USA
1 congregations: 6.67% of state's Vineyard USA's 15 congregations.
165 adherents: 5.74% of state's Vineyard USA's 2,875 adherents.

Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
1 congregations: 50.00% of state's Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch's 2 congregations.
150 adherents: 42.86% of state's Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch's 350 adherents.

American Diocese Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
1 congregations: 4.55% of state's American Diocese Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church's 22 congregations.
125 adherents: 2.34% of state's American Diocese Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church's 5,350 adherents.

General Conference Churches of God
2 congregations: 100.00% of state's General Conference Churches of God's 2 congregations.
71 adherents: 100.00% of state's General Conference Churches of God's 71 adherents.

International Pentecostal Holiness Church
1 congregations: 16.67% of state's International Pentecostal Holiness Church's 6 congregations.
67 adherents: 13.54% of state's International Pentecostal Holiness Church's 495 adherents.

Friends (Quakers)
1 congregations: 1.75% of state's Friends (Quakers)'s 57 congregations.
63 adherents: 1.80% of state's Friends (Quakers)'s 3,502 adherents.

General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
1 congregations: 0.69% of state's General Association of Regular Baptist Churches' 145 congregations.
63 adherents: 0.39% of state's General Association of Regular Baptist Churches' 16,300 adherents.

Primitive Methodist Church in the USA
1 congregations: 50.00% of state's Primitive Methodist Church in the USA's 2 congregations.
61 adherents: 50.00% of state's Primitive Methodist Church in the USA's 122 adherents.

Additional (Not in any CCC Body) Congregational Christian Churches
1 congregations: 14.29% of state's Additional (Not in any CCC Body) Congregational Christian Churches' 7 congregations.
47 adherents: 5.42% of state's Additional (Not in any CCC Body) Congregational Christian Churches' 867 adherents.

Mennonite; Other Groups
1 congregations: 16.67% of state's Mennonite; Other Groups' 6 congregations.
44 adherents: 14.29% of state's Mennonite; Other Groups' 308 adherents.

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
1 congregations: 6.67% of state's International Church of the Foursquare Gospel's 15 congregations.
34 adherents: 3.17% of state's International Church of the Foursquare Gospel's 1,072 adherents.

Hindus
8 congregations: 9.64% of state's Hindus' 83 congregations.

Buddhists
5 congregations: 4.13% of state's Buddhists' 121 congregations.

The Evangelical Covenant Church
1 congregations: 6.67% of state's The Evangelical Covenant Church's 15 congregations.

Sikhs
1 congregations: 4.76% of state's Sikhs' 21 congregations.

Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches
1 congregations: 4.35% of state's Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches' 23 congregations.

Southwide Baptist Fellowship
1 congregations: 25.00% of state's Southwide Baptist Fellowship's 4 congregations.

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

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