Financial Literacy
Black Church Consumer Index Survey Project (BCCIS)

The Black church’s demographics span the entirety of the Black community – across age, ethnicity, geography, sex, gender, political persuasions and the like. Our surveys, dating back to the late 1990s, make NBCI a leader in African American consumer information and analytics.
Our methodology is simple and culturally relevant – we use five focused and pointed questions to get at the heart of how our congregants perceive and use market place, products and services. PhD students help us analyze responses in way that allows NBCI to understand disparities that exist between mainstream America and minority communities. Additional queries that arise from our initial surveys are addressed through additional questions that clarify data analyses.
NBCI is excited about BCCIS’ potential, especially its ability to help the auto industry understand the nuances of African American buying psyche. BCCIS will provide the auto industries with new and improved statistical data for educational and marketing purposes. The automobile for some black families is the most important and expensive purchase that they will make.
The success of BCCIS lays squarely trust and faith that its members have in their leaders. NBCI through BCCIS has broken through miscommunication and mistrust barriers affecting the African Americans. Many consumer researchers seek to find answers to desires and the unique understanding of African American consumer buying habits.
BCCIS will address this foundational mistrust and help reveal answers on how to overcome major psychological barriers that had, and are still having, devastating effects on African American consumerism. BCCIS hope to reveal a unique way measuring African American spending habits and how to affectively to them.
NBCI Faith Communities Demographics and Statistical Composition
NBCI has created a statistical analysis of its churches, locations and demographics
The South East Faith Command The West Faith Command The Mid-West Faith Command North East Faith Command South West Faith Command Western Faith Command |
78,890 Churches 8,502 Churches 20,996 Churches 23,876 Churches 17,984 Churches 8,764 Churches |
THE NATIONAL BLACK CHURCH INITIATIVE DEMOGRAPHIC AND STATISTICAL COMPOSITION
Faith Command | No. of Churches | Age Range | Gender % | Race % | |||
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SOUTHEAST FAITH COMMAND Atlanta, GA A |
Male | Female | Black | Hispanic | |||
Florida | |||||||
Tallahassee Miami West Palm Beach Fort Lauderdale |
268 280 12 58 |
30-75 42-80 34-80 45-80 |
36% 35 39 35 |
64% 65 61 65 |
100 100 100 100 |
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Georgia | |||||||
Atlanta Savannah B |
2,560 99 |
28-85 39-85 |
45 34 |
55 66 |
100 100 |
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Louisiana | |||||||
Baton Rouge New Orleans |
600 356 |
45-85 46-85 |
34 35 |
66 65 |
100 100 |
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Alabama | |||||||
Birmingham Montgomery C |
780 656 |
28-85 32-85 |
45 45 |
55 55 |
100 100 |
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Arkansas | |||||||
Little Rock |
86 | 35-85 | 40 | 60 | 100 | ||
Tennessee | |||||||
Memphis Nashville Chattanooga D |
860 906 458 |
28-85 28-85 28-85 |
45 45 45 |
55 55 55 |
100 100 100 |
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Kentucky | |||||||
Louisville Lexington |
362 198 |
35-85 35-85 |
38 38 |
62 62 |
100 100 |
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Mississippi | |||||||
Jackson E |
1,807 | 24-85 | 41 | 59 | 100 | ||
North Carolina | |||||||
Charlotte Winston-Salem Raleigh Durham Greensboro |
450 346 462 241 250 |
25-85 25-85 25-85 25-85 25-85 |
45 45 45 45 45 |
55 55 55 55 55 |
100 100 100 100 100 |
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South Carolina | |||||||
Columbia Charleston F Washington, DC |
838 682 1,609 |
29-85 29-85 45-85 |
40 40 40 |
60 60 60 |
100 100 100 |
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Virginia | |||||||
Richmond Northern-Virginia NORTHEAST FAITH COMMAND New York A |
606 1,000 |
65-85 35-85 |
45 33 |
55 67 |
100 100 |
16,830 |
|
New York | |||||||
New York City Albany |
2,680 156 |
47-85 38-85 |
32 50 |
68 50 |
99 100 |
1 | |
New Jersey | |||||||
Newark Trenton B |
680 692 |
45-85 45-85 |
31 31 |
69 69 |
100 100 |
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Pennsylvania | |||||||
Philadelphia Pittsburgh C |
1,001 500 |
38-85 43-85 |
35 35 |
65 65 |
100 100 |
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Maryland | |||||||
Baltimore Prince George's County D |
1,008 985 |
28-85 28-85 |
45 45 |
55 55 |
100 100 |
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Massachusetts | |||||||
Boston |
400 | 47-85 | 32 | 68 | 100 | ||
Connecticut | |||||||
Hartford New Haven MIDWEST FAITH COMMAND Chicago A |
200 200 |
38-85 38-85 |
38 38 |
62 62 |
100 100 |
8,502 |
|
Ohio | |||||||
Columbus Cleveland Dayton Cincinnati B |
162 289 316 186 |
47-85 47-85 47-85 47-85 |
32 32 32 32
|
68 68 68 68 |
100 100 100 100 |
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Illinois | |||||||
Chicago C |
800 | 27-85 | 40 | 60 | 100 | ||
Kansas | |||||||
Kansas City Topeka |
89 69 |
38-85 38-85 |
38 38 |
62 62 |
100 100 |
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Wisconsin | |||||||
Milwaukee D |
58 | 38-85 | 38 | 62 | 100 | ||
Michigan | |||||||
Detroit E |
969 | 38-85 | 38 | 62 | 100 | ||
Indiana | |||||||
Indianapolis SOUTHWEST FAITH COMMAND Dallas A |
109 | 38-85 | 38 | 62 | 100 | 3,047 |
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Texas | |||||||
Dallas Houston B Fort Worth San Antonio WEST FAITH COMMAND Oakland A |
956 1,206 603 500 |
26-85 26-85 26-85 26-85 |
48 48 48 48 |
52 52 52 52 |
96 96 98 95 |
4 4 2 5 |
3,265 |
California | |||||||
Oakland Los Angeles San Francisco |
1,356 700 300 |
41-85 41-85 48-85 |
33 33 32 |
67 67 68 |
100 94 94 |
6 6 |
2,356 |
34,000 |