Winston-Salem, NC, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

172,233	12,701	102,999	1,220	18,387	6,644	326,411
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	191	78,862	123.1
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	177	61,578	96.1
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	153	52,474	81.9
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	12	18,387	28.7
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	35	11,738	18.3
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	18	8,901	13.9
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	14	7,976	12.5
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	30	7,750	12.1
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	25	5,273	8.2
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	12	5,076	7.9
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	5	5,063	7.9
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	22	4,997	7.8
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	9	4,846	7.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	16	4,069	6.4
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	24	3,672	5.7
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	17	3,172	5.0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	5	3,042	4.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	26	2,787	4.4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	8	2,308	3.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	2,293	3.6
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	2,017	3.1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	1,779	2.8
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	3	1,650	2.6
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	3	1,516	2.4
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	7	1,448	2.3
Friends United Meeting *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	13	1,342	2.1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	9	1,157	1.8
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	5	1,133	1.8
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	884	1.4
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	800	1.2
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	1	702	1.1
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	528	0.8
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	504	0.8
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	453	0.7
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	420	0.7
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	419	0.7
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	1	396	0.6
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	370	0.6
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	3	366	0.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	6	344	0.5
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	295	0.5
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	1	261	0.4
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	2	255	0.4
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	1	185	0.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	166	0.3
Friends General Conference and Friends United Meeting, dually aligned meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	131	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	131	0.2
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	98	0.2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	91	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	1	35	0.1
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	16	0.0
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	1	16	0.0
Amish Groups, undifferentiated*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	0	10	0.0
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	0	2	0.0
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	0	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	0	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	1	---	---
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Evangelical Association of Reformed, and Congregational Christian Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	---	---
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	13	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	4	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	950	314,184

The population of the Winston-Salem, NC, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 640,595 in 2010; in 2000 it was 569,207. The total population changed 12.5%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (314,184) included 49.0% of the total population in 2010.

Winston-Salem, NC, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 5 counties: Davidson County, North Carolina, Davie County, North Carolina, Forsyth County, North Carolina, Stokes County, North Carolina, Yadkin County, North 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.