Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention 106,274 (1)   105,385 (1)   179 173
United Methodist Church, The 26,705 (2)   27,559 (3)   61 60
Catholic Church, The 19,637 (3)   16,147 (4)   12 12
Episcopal Church 6,650 (4)   5,649 (6)   17 16
Presbyterian Church (USA) 5,465 (5)   5,247 (7)   14 12
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 5,071 (6)   4,301 (8)   22 20
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 4,369 (7)   4,177 (9)   9 9
Independent, Charismatic Churches 4,100 (8)   2,100 (13)   5 4
Presbyterian Church in America 3,925 (9)   3,535 (10)   10 10
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches 3,200 (10)   5,850 (5)   4 8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 2,864 (11)   2,352 (11)   6 6
International Pentecostal Holiness Church 2,386 (12)   1,956 (14)   18 16
Churches of Christ 2,180 (13)   2,244 (12)   17 18
Seventh-day Adventist Church 1,629 (14)   1,210 (19)   7 6
Assemblies of God 1,559 (15)   1,732 (15)   11 13

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   477,441
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups: 		  43.4%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 51 (42 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 207,066 (243,924 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 470 (449 in 1990)

The metro area included 5 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Columbia County, GA; McDuffie County, GA; Richmond County, GA; Aiken County, SC; Edgefield County, SC
The newly published book Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000 includes a CD that allows users to determine such lists for any selected group of counties.
Source: Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000
Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990
Both studies, copyrighted by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, are published by the Glenmary Research Center, Nashville, Tenn. More information is available at www.glenmary.org/grc.