Wake County, North Carolina

Religious Traditions, 2010

164,661	16,476	99,508	2,650	99,126	35,767	482,805
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	108	78,979	125.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	40	46,283	73.7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	24	17,045	27.1
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	21	5,913	9.4
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	15	59,610	94.9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	3,208	5.1
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	12	8,872	14.1
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	1,391	2.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	10	3,792	6.0
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	2,003	3.2
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	3,355	5.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	8	5,668	9.0
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	915	1.5
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	6	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	1,081	1.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	6	2,206	3.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	6	1,073	1.7
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	312	0.5
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	981	1.6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	5	7,550	12.0
Jewish	Other	Judaism	5	6,000	9.6
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	1,208	1.9
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	4	452	0.7
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	1,402	2.2
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	619	1.0
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	278	0.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	146	0.2
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	2,336	3.7
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	3,200	5.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	3	1,258	2.0
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	2,812	4.5
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	542	0.9
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	413	0.7
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	255	0.4
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	404	0.6
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	160	0.3
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	54	0.1
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	111	0.2
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	134	0.2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	125	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	208	0.3
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	858	1.4
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	94	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	167	0.3
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	137	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	54	0.1
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	249	0.4
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	319	0.5
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	250	0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	648	1.0
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Elim Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	400	275,130

The population of Wake County, North Carolina was 627,846 in 2000; in 1990 it was 423,380. The total population changed 48.3%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (275,130) included 43.8% of the total population in 2000.

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including the Catholic Church, Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.