Baton Rouge, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area

Religious Traditions, 2010

199,723	41,400	45,511	457	181,042	12,523	321,828
Evangelical Protestant	Black Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Orthodox	Catholic	Other	Unclaimed

Congregational adherents include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The 2010 reports contain incomplete counts of congregations and adherents belonging to the eight largest historically African-American denominations. These denominations are not included in the 2000 reports and are largely missing from the 1990 and 1980 reports.
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Reports

Religious Bodies	Tradition	Family	Congregations	Adherents	Adherence Rate^†
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	53	181,042	225.6
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	200	104,969	130.8
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	138	77,390	96.4
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	87	33,109	41.3
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	40	25,738	32.1
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	7	7,799	9.7
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	17	7,074	8.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	12	6,219	7.7
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	18	3,575	4.5
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	20	2,904	3.6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	11	2,564	3.2
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	17	2,433	3.0
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	2,159	2.7
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	2,019	2.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	2,000	2.5
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	6	1,840	2.3
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	13	1,765	2.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	7	1,571	2.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	1,516	1.9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	6	1,505	1.9
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	1,173	1.5
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	1,062	1.3
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	3	1,022	1.3
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	1	1,000	1.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	1	993	1.2
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	991	1.2
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	1	525	0.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	2	462	0.6
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	2	420	0.5
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	375	0.5
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	2	374	0.5
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	326	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	308	0.4
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	262	0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	259	0.3
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	231	0.3
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	2	201	0.3
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.2
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	1	187	0.2
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	160	0.2
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	2	153	0.2
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	3	118	0.1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	104	0.1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	97	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	1	91	0.1
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.1
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	3	80	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	1	80	0.1
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	49	0.1
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	1	28	0.0
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	27	0.0
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	17	0.0
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	3	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A.	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	1	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	1	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	7	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	14	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	34	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
		Totals:	814	480,656

The population of the Baton Rouge, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area was 802,484 in 2010; in 2000 it was 705,973. The total population changed 13.7%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (480,656) included 59.9% of the total population in 2010.

Baton Rouge, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes the following 9 counties: Ascension Parish, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

^* In an effort to better match the ASARB standards for adherents, a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010, including the Catholic Church, Amish groups, Friends groups, Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Non-denominational Christian Churches, and the United Methodist Church. This change does not affect any of the data in the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. In fact, the data for these groups are now more comparable to that of other bodies than it was in previous decadal reports.

However, the change in methodology can distort assessments on growth or decline between 2000 and 2010 for each of these groups. County-level 2000 data using the new methodology are not readily available. ASARB staff has adjusted some 2000 county-level adherent statistics to allow for a more accurate picture on growth or decline. The revised maps and charts are now available on-line at www.usreligioncensus.org for those who are interested in these trends.

Source

2010 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 236 religious groups, providing information on the number of their congregations and adherents within each state and county in the United States. Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study, published by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). [More information on the data collection]

^†The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2010 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of 7.6 in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that about 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga County were Episcopalian.