foreign what cities in the U.S have the most religious populations that's right
we're looking at bible Thumpers in their natural habitat the United States at one point was filled
to the rim with people that were affiliated with some sort of religion some historians
believe around the time of the Civil War it was close to 94 of the population was involved with
some sort of church or at least identified as religious these days according to Gallup
polling in 2021 67 percent of Americans said that they identify with a specific religious
Faith by far the largest portion of those 69 identify with a Christian religion including
35 percent of those that are Protestant 22 percent Catholic and 12 percent who identify
with other Christian religions or simply as Christians seven percent identify with a
non-Christian religion including two percent that are Jewish one percent Muslim and one
percent Buddhist among others 21 of Americans said that they had no religious preference whatsoever
and three percent didn't answer one thing to note about this rural areas and small towns are a lot
different about 74 percent of those populations claim to be affiliated with some sort of religion
I guess all the Sinners that would appear hang out in the cities so today we look at the cities with
the most people that claim to be affiliated with a religion got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 Charleston South Carolina Charleston South Carolina is a city with a population of
about 150 000 residents with the entire metro area having around eight hundred
thousand and it is home to a number of religious organizations including
the Episcopal church and the Roman Catholic Church Charleston is also home to a number
of religious universities and colleges they're also home to one of the most historic military
colleges The Citadel which it's not religious I just thought that was interesting this is
the first of many religious Southern cities they like their religion down in the South
and Charleston's just a perfect example when you look at the religious organizations per
capita Charleston South Carolina has 8.6 for every thousand residents and the amount of
religious givings which this is actually in the form of cash and time spent like
in volunteering the estimate for Charleston South Carolina is 1831 dollars a year 69.9
percent of Charleston South Carolina claim to be a affiliated with some form of religion
number nine Little Rock Arkansas wow surprise surprise we're still working on the south Little
Rock Arkansas has a lot of problems finding the church ain't one of them they got a ton of them
Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas and it's got a population of about 200 000 residents with
the entire metro area having about 750 000. uh side note to this I had someone tell me that
Little Rock was one of the largest cities in the United States uh that person I imagine doesn't
get out much or maybe hasn't left Little Rock at all because their metro area ranks 81st in the
nation it's not that big the city itself they're ranked 118th largest city in the United States
there are medium-sized suburbs in Los Angeles that have twice as many people as the city of
Little Rock Arkansas their home also to a number of religious organizations including the Southern
Baptist convention and the United Methodist Church they have 8.7 religious organizations per every 1
000 residents and the amount of little rocks giving on average is 1848 per year now that's
of the people going to church this isn't the entire city overall 70.2 percent of
Little Rock Arkansas's population claimed to be affiliated with some form of religion
number eight Nashville Tennessee Nashville Tennessee is the capital of Tennessee and Memphis
is the murder capital of Tennessee and I think it's the murder capital of the South either way
they'll go there unless you're bulletproof Beale Street is nice Nashville's not just about music
it's about going to church they got a number of churches there this is another city that's mostly
Southern Baptist and the United Methodist Church it is also home to Vanderbilt University that
got its start as a religious University it was started by the Methodist Episcopal Church South
and was originally going to start doing these like Regional universities that trained ministers well
they got into some financial problems and I'll give it to you in a nutshell basically because the
Reconstruction Era they didn't have any money well one of the Bishops that was involved with starting
this University was married to a woman who was a cousin of one of the Vanderbilts actually one of
the Vanderbilt's wives while visiting New York he convinced Cornelius Vanderbilt to donate 500
000 to get this University going it eventually got up to one million dollars which is
roughly 24 million in today's money well Cornelius Vanderbilt never required them to
name it after him but since he had brought the church to life with his donation the trustees
decided to name it Vanderbilt there is a long history to that one I just thought it was very
interesting I gave it to you in a nutshell anyway there are 8.8 religious organizations
per 1000 residents in Nashville the amount of religious givings is 1865 a year per capita
and 70.5 percent of Nashville's population say they are affiliated to some form of religion
number seven Greensboro North Carolina Greensboro was a pretty nice place I've
been there a few times in my life it's been quite some time but I always liked it if you
don't know where Greensboro is it is east of Winston-Salem North Carolina they have
a population of just about 300 000 residents with the entire metro area being about 775
000 and their largest religious organizations are the Southern Baptist Church and the United
Methodist Church they have 8.9 religious organizations for every 1 000 residents and
per capita religious giving both in time and money is about one thousand eight hundred and eighty two
dollars per year 70.8 percent of Greensboro North Carolina is affiliated with some form of religion
number six Macon Georgia Macon Georgia you know it's not that great of a place even though they
do have a minor league hockey team called the whoopee so it's the making whoopee do
you remember that from like the 1970s that's what they called bumping uglies back in the 1970s on
game shows make it as in between Columbus Georgia and Augusta if you're looking for it on the map
and if you look at Columbus Georgia they've already switched Fort Benning to Fort Moore
I don't know if I like that I get it but I don't know if I like it if you're in the military and
you were in the Army you know that they got rid of all the names from a lot of military
posts that were named after Southern generals and people from the Civil War they changed their names
Macon has a population of about 150 000 residents with the entire metro area having only about 233
000. again this is another southern state so they got the southern baptist and the United Methodist
Church are their main religious organizations they have 9.1 for every 1 000 residents and the amount
that they give in religious givings both time and money is 1902 per capita every single year
71.4 percent of Macon Georgia's population claims to be affiliated with some form of religion
number five Fayetteville Arkansas this may be one of the only times I've ever
seen Fayetteville Arkansas come in on a good list but to be honest this is in the part of
Arkansas that is not like the rest of Arkansas this is the North West corner of Arkansas which
we've talked about before on this channel they're doing things right in that area where the rest of
Arkansas is trying to roll back the clock to the 1930s like most the southern states
their main religious organizations are southern Baptists and the United Methodist Church there
are 9.3 religious organizations for every 1 000 residents in Fayetteville Arkansas the
amount of religious givings as they call it per capita 1929 a year 72.8
percent of Fayetteville Arkansas says they are affiliated with some form of religion
number four Greenville South Carolina not to be confused with Greenville North Carolina
or Greenville Mississippi or Greenville Indiana yeah just about every place has got a Greenville
we even got one here in Portland Oregon but it's not a city or a town it's a place that
just recently started selling a substance that used to be illegal I like Greenville I got
some family that lives just south of there in Simpsonville and then also in Fountain
Inn they have one of my favorite like downtown Parks called Falls Park on the Reedy the Reedy
is the river that goes right through town and they built this really cool park around these
waterfalls they have there it's really nice Greenville has a population of just about 73
000 residents with the entire metro area having just under 1 million and I bet you're never
gonna guess what religions they have the most up here or what churches I should say if you guess
Southern Baptists and United Methodist Church you're correct Greenville South Carolina has
9.5 religious organizations for every 1 000 residents side note I should mention that's
not just the churches and the temples and things like that there's other religious Charities that
are working in the different towns and things of that nature I had to dig in a little bit
because I started reading these numbers when I first was researching this and I was like
that seems like an awful lot they also have a bunch that are registered but really not doing
anything in the community a lot of these towns also have like religious organizations that run
retirement homes convalescent facilities and they don't actually have a church in the city
anyway in Greenville South Carolina the amount of religious giving is 1954 dollars per capita 73.8
percent of Greenville South Carolina says they are affiliated with some religious organization
number three Huntington West Virginia Huntington is a very religious town I mean they're on the
list doesn't it make sense this isn't a very large city they only have about 47 000 residents
with the entire metro area having under 360 000. they're another place that has a lot of religious
organizations working in and around Huntington mostly because of the poverty issues a lot of soup
kitchen type things food pantries Huntington has 9.7 religious organizations for every 1
000 residents and they give annually about 1773 dollars per capita 74.1 percent of Huntington
West Virginia claim they are affiliated with some form of religious organization
number two Meridian Mississippi if ever there was need for prayers for a city Meridian Mississippi
is probably number two number one is Jackson Mississippi Meridian is not doing good in a
few different areas their poverty level is 31.5 meaning 31 people out of every 100 live below the
poverty line the national average is 15 the crime rate's about 100 above the national average it's
not a great place to be but it is cheap that's good Meridian only has a population of about 35
000 residents with the entire metro area being just over 100 000 residents Meridian
is considered to be the most religious city in Mississippi and it's been that way for a very
long time there are 10.5 religious organizations for every 1 000 residents in Meridian Mississippi
the amount of religious givings 1878 dollars per capita annually 74.6 of Meridian Mississippi
say they are associated or or affiliated with some kind of religious organization
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and number one Oklahoma City Oklahoma a little shocked we got out of the south for the number
one city kind of strange I really never thought of Oklahoma City as being a very religious City but
then I started doing the research and oh yeah they are Oklahoma City is the capital of Oklahoma they
have a population of about 681 000 residents with the entire metro area having about 1.4 million
residents there are 10.1 religious organizations per 1000 residents in Oklahoma City and their
amount of religious givings every single year is two thousand twenty seven dollars per capita 75.4
percent of Oklahoma City say they are affiliated with some form of religious organization
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