Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

619,582	61,453	299,065	9,099	117,957	33,754	1,076,102
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	% Change
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+139	+24,111	+7.6%
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+23	+6,917	+22.8%
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	+13	+1,760	+40.2%
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+11	+4,328	+50.6%
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	+9	+8,882	+111.4%
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	+8	-3,679	-46.4%
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+6	-3,091	-24.4%
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	+4	+26,623	+29.1%
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+4	+1,443	+27.7%
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+4	+1,048	+9.7%
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	+3	+735	+24.9%
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+3	-1,873	-30.0%
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	+2	+9,091	+76.5%
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	+2	+169	+6.7%
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+2	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	+2	-40	-4.5%
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+2	-93	-2.0%
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+2	+2,189	+27,362.5%
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+2	+214	+108.6%
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+1	+74	+4.5%
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	+1	+960	+96.0%
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+1	-713	-23.1%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+1	+5,208	+196.4%
Jain	Other	Other Groups	+1	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+1	+16	+10.7%
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+1	---	---
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+1	-116	-9.3%
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	+1	+229	+26.4%
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+0	+62	+140.9%
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+0	-120	-28.6%
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	+0	+37	+90.2%
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	+0	-13	-9.9%
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	+0	+26	+51.0%
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	+0	---	---
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	+0	-768	-17.6%
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	+0	-66	-25.0%
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	+0	+151	+30.5%
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	+0	+0	+0.0%
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	+0	-70	-28.0%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	+0	+111	+66.5%
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-1	+163	+17.1%
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-1	-71	-31.3%
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-1	-175	-54.9%
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	-2	+95	+7.9%
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-2	+155	+12.6%
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	-2	+831	+13.0%
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	-2	+20,261	+14.5%
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	-5	+1,687	+11.2%
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	-5	-761	-13.7%
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-8	-2,006	-35.7%
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	-9	-7,042	-9.4%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	-21	-12,149	-30.1%
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Association of Messianic Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Bible Presbyterian Church (General Synod)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
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 Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	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	----	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Presbyterian Reformed Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church Hanover Presbytery	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	+191	+84,730	+10%

The population of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 2,217,012 in 2010; in 2000 it was 1,717,372. The total population changed 29.1%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (1,140,910) included 51.5% of the total population in 2010.

The population of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,717,372 in 2000; in 1990 it was 1,341,710. The total population changed 28.0%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (863,061) included 50.3% of the total population in 2000.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 10 counties: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Chester County, South Carolina, Gaston County, North Carolina, Iredell County, North Carolina, Lancaster County, South Carolina, Lincoln County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Rowan County, North Carolina, Union County, North Carolina, York 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.