Louisiana

Religious Traditions, 2010

1,064,486	217,176	202,751	2,478	1,200,900	59,106	1,786,475
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	1,607	709,650	156.5
Catholic Church	Catholic	Catholicism	564	1,200,900	264.9
Non-denominational	Evangelical Protestant	----	505	195,903	43.2
United Methodist Church, The	Mainline Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	501	146,848	32.4
United Pentecostal Church International	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	310	---	---
Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	228	24,594	5.4
Assemblies of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	221	54,478	12.0
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	187	113,433	25.0
Church of God in Christ	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	132	21,746	4.8
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	107	17,210	3.8
African Methodist Episcopal Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	106	17,863	3.9
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	102	12,115	2.7
Jehovah's Witnesses	Other	Adventist	98	---	---
Episcopal Church	Mainline Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	95	28,214	6.2
National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	71	14,299	3.2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	64	9,444	2.1
Seventh-day Adventist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	59	12,090	2.7
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Black Protestant	Baptist	58	---	---
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	58	10,872	2.4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	55	3,615	0.8
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	53	27,093	6.0
American Baptist Association, The	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	51	10,724	2.4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	Other	Latter-day Saints	51	28,567	6.3
Church of the Nazarene	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	47	4,317	1.0
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	27	7,947	1.8
Muslim Estimate	Other	Other Groups	27	9,806	2.2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	22	2,846	0.6
Church of God of Prophecy	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	21	835	0.2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	20	3,490	0.8
Church of Christ (Holiness), U.S.A	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	19	---	---
Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	19	2,328	0.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Mainline Protestant	Lutheran	18	4,625	1.0
Independent Baptist Fellowship International	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	18	---	---
United Church of Christ	Mainline Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	17	1,836	0.4
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	Black Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	16	2,300	0.5
Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	14	938	0.2
Buddhism, Mahayana	Other	Other Groups	12	4,489	1.0
Reform Judaism	Other	Judaism	12	7,267	1.6
Church of Christ, Scientist	Other	Christian Science	11	---	---
Congregational Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	443	0.1
Free Methodist Church of North America	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	10	410	0.1
Southern Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	10	---	---
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	9	3,176	0.7
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	9	---	---
Calvary Chapel Fellowship Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	8	---	---
Anglican Church in North America	Evangelical Protestant	Episcopalianism/Anglicanism	7	---	---
Reformed Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	7	---	---
Salvation Army	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	7	2,080	0.5
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	Other	Liberal	7	968	0.2
Vineyard USA	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	7	3,737	0.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	6	197	0.0
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.	Black Protestant	Pentecostal	6	---	---
American Baptist Churches in the USA	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	5	5,379	1.2
Bahá'í	Other	Other Groups	5	1,319	0.3
Community of Christ	Other	Latter-day Saints	5	540	0.1
Hindu, Post Renaissance	Other	Other Groups	5	150	0.0
Pentecostal Church of God	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	5	544	0.1
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	Black Protestant	Baptist	5	3,232	0.7
Unity Churches, Association of	Other	Other Groups	5	---	---
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, The	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	563	0.1
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	4	90	0.0
Friends General Conference *	Mainline Protestant	European Free-Church	4	68	0.0
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	4	1,347	0.3
National Association of Free Will Baptists	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	4	459	0.1
Orthodox Judaism	Other	Judaism	4	840	0.2
Wesleyan Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Holiness	4	392	0.1
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	Evangelical Protestant	Lutheran	4	365	0.1
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	3	---	---
Church of God General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Adventist	3	203	0.0
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	437	0.1
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	3	---	---
Coptic Orthodox Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	3	178	0.0
Hindu, Indian-American Hindu Temple Assoc.	Other	Other Groups	3	3,062	0.7
Hindu, Traditional Temples	Other	Other Groups	3	920	0.2
Mennonite Church USA	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	3	176	0.0
Alliance of Baptists	Mainline Protestant	Baptist	2	---	---
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	141	0.0
Buddhism, Theravada	Other	Other Groups	2	314	0.1
Buddhism, Vajrayana	Other	Other Groups	2	131	0.0
Christian Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	Ind. Fundamentalist	2	---	---
Conservative Judaism	Other	Judaism	2	723	0.2
Converge Worldwide/Baptist General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	2	180	0.0
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	370	0.1
Evangelical Methodist Church	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	2	---	---
Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of	Mainline Protestant	Other Groups	2	176	0.0
New Apostolic Church of North America, National Organization of the	Other	Other Groups	2	---	---
Orthodox Church in America	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	2	160	0.0
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	2	77	0.0
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection	Evangelical Protestant	Methodist/Pietist	1	23	0.0
Armenian Church of North America (Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin)	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	200	0.0
Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches *	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	19	0.0
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Church of the Brethren	Evangelical Protestant	European Free-Church	1	114	0.0
Churches of God, General Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	12	0.0
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	---	---
International Churches of Christ	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	127	0.0
International Fellowship of Bible Churches	Evangelical Protestant	----	1	---	---
Jain	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Korean Presbyterian Church in America	Evangelical Protestant	Presbyterian-Reformed	1	---	---
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	Orthodox	Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox)	1	30	0.0
North American Baptist Conference	Evangelical Protestant	Baptist	1	133	0.0
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church	Evangelical Protestant	Pentecostal	1	---	---
Sikh	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Tao	Other	Other Groups	1	---	---
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations	Other	Judaism	1	---	---
Zoroastrian	Other	Other Groups	1	10	0.0
		Totals:	5,841	2,746,897

The population of Louisiana was 4,533,372 in 2010; in 2000 it was 4,468,976. The total population changed 1.4%. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (2,746,897) included 60.6% of the total population in 2010.

^* 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.