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Jan 1, 2004 · Religious Adherents in North Carolina. Table 1 (below) provides statistics on the number of religious adherents in North Carolina and their growth between 1990 and 2000. They increased by 14.8% during that decade, a rate that was less than the statewide population growth rate of 21.4%.
Religious composition of adults in North Carolina. Christian 77% Evangelical Protestant 35% Mainline Protestant 19% Historically Black Protestant 12% Catholic 9% Mormon 1% Orthodox Christian 1% Jehovah's Witness 1% Other Christian < 1% Non-Christian Faiths 3% Jewish 1% Muslim < 1% Buddhist < 1% Hindu < 1% Other World Religions < 1% Other Faiths 1%
The growing diversity of religious groups in North Carolina is most visible in the state's larger urban areas, such as Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham. It is in these cities and suburbs, that most of the state's new immigrants and residents have settled.
Sep 17, 2015 · Within North Carolina, the religiously unaffiliated are highly diverse: 2% of all adults identify as atheist, 3% as agnostic, 8% as “nothing in particular” with religion not important, and 7% as “nothing in particular” but for whom religion is important.
- Rebecca Tippett
The North Carolina State Demographer provides detailed information about population and population trends and serves as a liaison with the US Census Bureau.
4,105,232. Persons per household, 2018-2022. 2.48. Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2018-2022. 86.2%. Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2018-2022. 12.3%. Computer and Internet Use. Households with a computer, percent, 2018-2022.
Jun 2, 2014 · Nearly half of the North Carolina’s population (48% or 4.5 million) are adherents to some religion. The largest concentration of adherents—more than 1.5 million—are members of the Southern Baptist Convention, representing a third of all religious adherents in the state.
