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CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY
Daniel Patte, General Editor
Editorial Board | Preparing Contextual, Conceptual-Theological and Historical, and Methodological Entries | CDC@vanderbilt.edu

NATION:  GEORGIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,707,500
2000: 4,968,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,350,000; 28.7%
2000: 3,090,480; 62.2%

1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:

Bahaís: [1970] 500; 0%
________  [2000] 1,725; 0%

Jews: [1970] 25,000; 0.5%
_____   [2000] 22,078; 0.4%
Muslims: [1970] 850,000; 18.1%
________     [2000] 958,475; 19.3%

Atheists: [1970] 775,500; 16.5%
___________[2000] 134,738; 2.7%
Nonreligious: [1970] 1,707,000; 36.3%
_________________[2000] 760,065; 15.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 29,400; 0.6%
___________________________   [2000] 81,666; 1.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,320,600; 28.1%
__________________________ [2000] 3,008,814; 60.6%

Orthodox: [1970] 1,304,500; 27.7%
____________ [2000] 2,886,814; 58.1%
Protestants: [1970] 10,000; 0.2%
______________ [2000] 24,000; 0.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
______________________ [2000] 55,000; 1.1%
Independents: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 42,000; 0.9%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 4,000; 0.1%
________________ [2000] 9,200; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,000; 0%
__________________________________ [2000] 30,000; 0.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 518,000; 11.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 742,337; 14.9%