| Religious body | 2000 | 1980 |
| unclaimed | 61,193 | 27,826 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 26,285 | 21,365 |
| United Methodist Church | 13,680 | 12,807 |
| Catholic Church | 4,897 | 802 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 4,163 | 4,861 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 2,725 | 2,825 |
| Associated Reformed Presbyterian | 2,274 | 2,537 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) | 1,465 | 708 |
| Churches of Christ | 1,125 | 13 |
| Episcopal Church | 758 | 426 |
| Wesleyan Church | 517 | |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 465 | 340 |
| Assemblies of God | 425 | 182 |
| Friends (Quakers) | 425 | 209 |
| United Church of Christ | 356 | 378 |
| Presbyterian Church in America | 349 | 43 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 322 | 309 |
| Int'l Church of the Foursquare Gospel | 263 | 257 |
| Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod | 138 | 164 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 138 | 55 |
| Salvation Army | 118 | 135 |
| Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) | 110 | |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance | 105 | |
| Int'l Pentecostal Holiness | 103 | - |
| Jewish (estimate) | 80 | 25 |
| Amish; other | 56 | - |
| Church of God of Prophecy | 52 | |
| Muslim (estimate) | 50 | |
| Baha'i | 23 | |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion | 5,404 |