Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

130,825	48,641	74,330	925	41,173	12,556	356,157
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	133	62,494	94.0
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	112	47,052	70.8
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	25	41,173	62.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	106	32,960	49.6
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	106	32,218	48.5
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	30	16,857	25.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	29	14,332	21.6
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	23	12,234	18.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	17	6,753	10.2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	8	6,312	9.5
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	4,917	7.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	18	2,975	4.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	29	2,851	4.3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	14	2,803	4.2
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	14	2,561	3.9
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	10	2,258	3.4
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	9	1,652	2.5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	10	1,265	1.9
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	4	1,232	1.9
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	1,107	1.7
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	1,076	1.6
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	1,056	1.6
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	1	1,033	1.6
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	927	1.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	6	864	1.3
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	842	1.3
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	9	822	1.2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	720	1.1
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	4	611	0.9
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	522	0.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	478	0.7
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	3	381	0.6
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	374	0.6
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	370	0.6
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	313	0.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	309	0.5
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	278	0.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	267	0.4
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	186	0.3
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	180	0.3
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	146	0.2
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	130	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	118	0.2
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	95	0.1
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	95	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	77	0.1
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	75	0.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	2	67	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	14	0.0
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	9	0.0
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	8	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	1	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	33	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	14	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	10	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	8	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	868	308,450

The population of the Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 664,607 in 2010; in 2000 it was 549,033. The total population changed 21.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (308,450) included 46.4% of the total population in 2010.

Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 3 counties: Berkeley County, South Carolina, Charleston County, South Carolina, Dorchester County, South Carolina.

^* 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.