Most popular religious groups in Colbert County, AL

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Freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right in the United States provided in the First Amendment. When compared to other countries around the world, however, the U.S. is not particularly religiously diverse.

About 70% of Americans identify as Christian—including all branches and denominations—and nearly 25% are religiously unaffiliated. The greatest religious diversity is split among the remaining 5% of the population. The growing number of people in the U.S. who identify as religiously unaffiliated can be attributed to people, particularly white people, disaffiliating from Christianity.

A 2022 Pew Research model based on historical religion-switching trends predicts that the share of the population identifying as either Christian or unaffiliated will be closer to 50/50 by 2070. If current trends accelerate, Christians could represent less than half of the country's population.

At a local level, prominent religious affiliations can vary across the U.S., driven by factors like the average age of the population, cultural practices, immigrant communities, and income. Numerous studies reveal that people at lower income levels tend to be more religious than wealthier people, possibly because religion helps people cope with poverty from a psychological standpoint.

Stacker investigated the most popular religious groups in Colbert County, AL using data from the U.S. Religion Census. Data was collected in 2020. Religions are ranked by the percentage of adherents compared to the total religious adherents in the county. Ties are broken by the total number of adherents.

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#20. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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#20. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 0.4%
- Number of adherents in county: 149
- Number of congregations in county: 2

#19. Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

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#19. Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 0.5%
- Number of adherents in county: 160
- Number of congregations in county: 1

#18. Church of the Nazarene

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#18. Church of the Nazarene

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 0.5%
- Number of adherents in county: 170
- Number of congregations in county: 2

#17. National Association of Free Will Baptists

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#17. National Association of Free Will Baptists

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 0.6%
- Number of adherents in county: 199
- Number of congregations in county: 2

#15. Assemblies of God

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#15. Assemblies of God

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 0.8%
- Number of adherents in county: 263
- Number of congregations in county: 2

#14. Episcopal Church

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#14. Episcopal Church

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 0.9%
- Number of adherents in county: 294
- Number of congregations in county: 1

#13. Jehovah's Witnesses

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#13. Jehovah's Witnesses

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 1.0%
- Number of adherents in county: 330
- Number of congregations in county: 2

#12. Presbyterian Church in America

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#12. Presbyterian Church in America

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 1.1%
- Number of adherents in county: 361
- Number of congregations in county: 1

#11. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

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#11. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 1.1%
- Number of adherents in county: 392
- Number of congregations in county: 3

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#10. National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

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#10. National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 1.2%
- Number of adherents in county: 402
- Number of congregations in county: 2

#9. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

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#9. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 1.2%
- Number of adherents in county: 428
- Number of congregations in county: 4

#8. African Methodist Episcopal Church

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#8. African Methodist Episcopal Church

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 1.4%
- Number of adherents in county: 478
- Number of congregations in county: 3

#7. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

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#7. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 3.3%
- Number of adherents in county: 1,138
- Number of congregations in county: 4

#5. Non-denominational Christian Churches

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#5. Non-denominational Christian Churches

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 3.7%
- Number of adherents in county: 1,290
- Number of congregations in county: 6

#4. United Methodist Church

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#4. United Methodist Church

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 6.1%
- Number of adherents in county: 2,097
- Number of congregations in county: 8

#3. National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.

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#3. National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 7.4%
- Number of adherents in county: 2,538
- Number of congregations in county: 13

#2. Churches of Christ

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#2. Churches of Christ

- Percent of total religious adherents in county: 12.6%
- Number of adherents in county: 4,341
- Number of congregations in county: 33