Polk County’s Faith Divide: Christianity, Paganism, and the Rise of the Unaffiliated

As of the 2020 U.S. Religion Census, approximately 34.1% of Polk County’s population of 50,123 were affiliated with a religious congregation. The religious composition is predominantly Christian, with the following breakdown:

Evangelical Protestant: 9,475 adherents across 49 congregations

Mainline Protestant: 2,469 adherents in 13 congregations

Catholic: 1,808 adherents in 2 congregations

Black Protestant: 406 adherents in 3 congregations

Other: 753 adherents in 5 congregations