Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

360,582	21,499	70,816	1,980	31,532	7,810	329,893
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	470	239,179	290.2
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	145	46,817	56.8
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	136	39,272	47.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	74	20,985	25.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	59	19,342	23.5
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	38	29,355	35.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	33	1,904	2.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	29	3,136	3.8
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	27	8,346	10.1
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	27	6,240	7.6
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	26	2,832	3.4
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	24	5,166	6.3
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	18	2,061	2.5
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	17	5,976	7.3
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	15	31,532	38.3
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	15	7,526	9.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	12	4,500	5.5
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	12	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	12	---	---
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	11	1,159	1.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	8	1,115	1.4
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	7	1,531	1.9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	6	4,167	5.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	1,770	2.1
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	5	589	0.7
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	5	328	0.4
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	---	---
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	4	399	0.5
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	---	---
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	625	0.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	284	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	95	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	66	0.1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	841	1.0
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	1,316	1.6
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	370	0.4
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	240	0.3
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	2	---	---
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	2	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	2	49	0.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	236	0.3
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	2	7	0.0
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	101	0.1
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	---	---
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	2	600	0.7
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	95	0.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	123	0.1
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	50	0.1
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	78	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	16	0.0
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	1	---	---
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	120	0.1
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	74	0.1
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	294	0.4
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	0	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	315	0.4
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	146	0.2
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	17	0.0
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	1,440	1.7
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	71	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	49	0.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	308	0.4
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	175	0.2
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	64	0.1
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	521	0.6
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	201	0.2
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	5	0.0
		Totals:	1,334	494,219

The population of the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 824,112 in 2010; in 2000 it was 725,680. The total population changed 13.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (494,219) included 60.0% of the total population in 2010.

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 4 counties: Anderson County, South Carolina, Greenville County, South Carolina, Laurens County, South Carolina, Pickens 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.