Georgia

Religious Traditions, 2010

2,853,360	381,421	855,259	15,376	596,384	222,576	4,763,277
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^†
Southern Baptist Convention	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3,233	1,719,484	210.0
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1,614	570,674	69.7
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	179	374,185	45.7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	493	138,123	16.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	307	105,774	12.9
Jewish	Other	Judaism	52	93,500	11.4
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	157	71,950	8.8
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	403	48,015	5.9
Independent, Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	30	47,530	5.8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	151	44,571	5.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	231	44,469	5.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	121	43,910	5.4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	34	40,003	4.9
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	39	38,882	4.7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	90	37,096	4.5
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	121	32,256	3.9
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	107	24,092	2.9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	68	22,172	2.7
"Old" Missionary Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	78	17,028	2.1
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	95	13,002	1.6
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	120	12,126	1.5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	18	11,301	1.4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	89	10,317	1.3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	37	9,887	1.2
Progressive Primitive Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	85	7,227	0.9
Jasper Baptist and Pleasant Valley Baptist Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	31	7,078	0.9
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	29	7,074	0.9
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	48	6,783	0.8
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	126	6,588	0.8
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	46	6,233	0.8
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	24	5,369	0.7
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	5,069	0.6
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	8	4,302	0.5
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	15	3,956	0.5
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	52	3,388	0.4
New Hope Baptist Association	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	20	2,772	0.3
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	18	2,771	0.3
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	31	2,712	0.3
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	18	2,573	0.3
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	19	1,845	0.2
National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	22	1,749	0.2
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	17	1,668	0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	7	1,509	0.2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	1,418	0.2
Serbian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	1,100	0.1
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	876	0.1
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	8	852	0.1
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	758	0.1
International Council of Community Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	710	0.1
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	631	0.1
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	4	620	0.1
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	7	561	0.1
Mennonite; Other Groups	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	10	515	0.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	505	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	5	487	0.1
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	427	0.1
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	399	0.0
Friends (Quakers)	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	6	324	0.0
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (Catholicosate of Cilicia)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	320	0.0
Missionary Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	3	318	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	318	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	300	0.0
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	5	299	0.0
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	257	0.0
Reformed Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	245	0.0
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	3	241	0.0
Christian Reformed Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	240	0.0
Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	225	0.0
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	4	222	0.0
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	207	0.0
Moravian Church in America--Southern Province	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	180	0.0
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	4	155	0.0
Congregational Christian Churches, Additional (not part of any national CCC body)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	145	0.0
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	125	0.0
Brethren In Christ Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	99	0.0
Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	90	0.0
Orthodox Church in America: Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	86	0.0
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	60	0.0
International Pentecostal Church of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	2	55	0.0
Conservative Mennonite Conference	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	2	54	0.0
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	48	0.0
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	27	0.0
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	23	0.0
Holy Orthodox Church in North America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	15	0.0
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	---	---	---
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, OR	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Baptist Missionary Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Buddhists	Other	Other Groups	16	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	13	---	---
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A.	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	---	---	---
Church of God (Seventh Day)	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	---	---	---
Church of God by Faith, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Church of the Lutheran Confession	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Congregational Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Conservative Baptist Association of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Conservative Yearly Meetings of Friends*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Convention of Original Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	---	---
Eritrean Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Ethiopian Orthodox	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Evangelical Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	---	---	---
Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Free Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Grace Brethren Churches, Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Grace Gospel Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Hindus	Other	Other Groups	15	---	---
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	---	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	3	---	---
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Korean-American Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	---	---	---
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
North American Lutheran Church	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	---	---	---
Old Order Amish	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Primitive Baptist Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	216	---	---
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Reconstructionist Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	9	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	---	---	---
Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in Americas	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	---	---
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	---	---	---
Shinto	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	5	---	---
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	---	---	---
Southwide Baptist Fellowship	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	72	---	---
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	---	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
U.S. Mennonite Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Unaffiliated Conservative Amish Mennonite Church*	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Unaffiliated Friends Meetings*	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	---	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	---	---	---
United Holy Church of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	---	---	---
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	---	---	---
		Totals:	8,962	3,665,550

The population of Georgia was 8,186,453 in 2000; in 1990 it was 6,478,216. The total population changed 26.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (3,665,550) included 44.8% of the total population in 2000.

^* 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.