Religious Traditions, 2010
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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
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| Religious Bodies |
Tradition |
Family |
Congregations |
Adherents |
Adherence Rate† |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
16 |
2,641 |
19.34 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
189 |
1.38 |
| Anglican Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
80 |
0.59 |
| Bahá'í |
Other |
Other Groups |
0 |
83 |
0.61 |
| Buddhism, Vajrayana |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
14 |
0.10 |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
Catholicism |
2 |
7,926 |
58.04 |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
1 |
67 |
0.49 |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
Baptist |
5 |
1,298 |
9.51 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
2 |
250 |
1.83 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
Black Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
1 |
757 |
5.54 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Holiness |
2 |
267 |
1.96 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
7 |
596 |
4.36 |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
516 |
3.78 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other |
Latter-day Saints |
2 |
1,556 |
11.39 |
| Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
3 |
743 |
5.44 |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
Episcopalianism/Anglicanism |
3 |
1,462 |
10.71 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
Lutheran |
2 |
984 |
7.21 |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Ind. Fundamentalist |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
177 |
1.30 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
Other |
Adventist |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
267 |
1.96 |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
Black Protestant |
Baptist |
4 |
1,135 |
8.31 |
| New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the |
Other |
Other Groups |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| Non-denominational |
Evangelical Protestant |
---- |
18 |
4,757 |
34.84 |
| Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
2 |
--- |
--- |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
2 |
1,326 |
9.71 |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
Presbyterian-Reformed |
1 |
139 |
1.02 |
| Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia |
Orthodox |
Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) |
1 |
75 |
0.55 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Adventist |
3 |
449 |
3.29 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
Baptist |
34 |
16,454 |
120.49 |
| Southern Methodist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
Methodist/Pietist |
31 |
11,705 |
85.72 |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
1 |
--- |
--- |
| United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
Pentecostal |
3 |
--- |
--- |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
Lutheran |
1 |
313 |
2.29 |
| | Totals: | 166 | 56,226 | | |
The population of Dorchester County, South Carolina was 136,555 in 2010; in 2000 it was 96,413. The total population changed 41.6%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (56,226) included 41.2% of the total population in 2010.
*
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.
