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This was an increase of 1,024,255, or 10.57% over the [[2010 United States census|2010]] figure of 9,687,653 residents.<ref name="2020PopGA">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194205/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table02.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |url-status=live|title=U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts—Georgia|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> Immigration resulted in a net increase of 228,415 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 378,258 people.{{when|date=September 2021}} {{as of|2010}}, the number of [[Illegal immigration to the United States|illegal immigrants]] living in Georgia more than doubled to 480,000 from January 2000 to January 2009, according to a federal report. That gave Georgia the greatest percentage increase among the 10 states with the biggest undocumented immigrant populations during those years.<ref>{{Cite news | agency=Associated Press | title=Southeast sees big influx of illegal immigrants | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35546061/ns/us_news-life/t/southeast-sees-big-influx-illegal-immigrants/ | publisher=NBCNews.com | date=February 23, 2010 | access-date=January 2, 2018 | archive-date=January 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102191506/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35546061/ns/us_news-life/t/southeast-sees-big-influx-illegal-immigrants/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Georgia has banned [[Sanctuary city|sanctuary cities]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/politics/sanctuary-city-bans-states/index.html|title=Florida is about to ban sanctuary cities. At least 11 other states have, too|first=Catherine E.|last=Shoichet|website=CNN|date=May 9, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2019|archive-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616132746/https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/politics/sanctuary-city-bans-states/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, The top countries of origin for Georgia's immigrants were [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Jamaica]], [[Korea]], and [[Guatemala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_georgia.pdf|title=Immigrants in Georgia}}</ref> There were 743,000 [[veteran]]s in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Michael E. | last=Kanell | title=Number of veterans, October | url=https://www.ajc.com/business/vets-jobs-challenges-tough-labor-market/RjXe0WIMdNrh5kRkT1lj8M/ | publisher=Atlanta Constitution-Journal | location=Atlanta, Georgia | pages=A6 | date=November 16, 2009 | access-date=August 18, 2021 | archive-date=August 18, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818170214/https://www.ajc.com/business/vets-jobs-challenges-tough-labor-market/RjXe0WIMdNrh5kRkT1lj8M/ | url-status=live }} quoting the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</ref> According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 10,689 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314020239/https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311234217/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> === Race and ethnicity === {| class="wikitable sortable" ; text-align:right; font-size:80%;" |+ style="font-size:120%" |Ethnic composition as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] |- ! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815165418/https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Alone ! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Total |- | [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White (non-Hispanic)]] |align=right| {{bartable|50.1|%|2||background:gray}} |align=right| {{bartable|53.2|%|2||background:gray}} |- | [[African Americans|African American (non-Hispanic)]] |align=right| {{bartable|30.6|%|2||background:mediumblue}} |align=right| {{bartable|32.3|%|2||background:mediumblue}} |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]{{efn|Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry.}} |align=right| {{bartable}} |align=right| {{bartable|10.5|%|2||background:green}} |- | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] |align=right| {{bartable|4.4|%|2||background:purple}} |align=right| {{bartable|5.2|%|2||background:purple}} |- | Native American |align=right| {{bartable|0.2|%|2||background:gold}} |align=right| {{bartable|1.5|%|2||background:gold}} |- | [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] |align=right| {{bartable|0.1|%|2||background:pink}} |align=right| {{bartable|0.1|%|2||background:pink}} |- | Other |align=right| {{bartable|0.5|%|2||background:brown}} |align=right| {{bartable|1.2|%|2||background:brown}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;" |+ '''Historical racial demographics''' |- ! Racial composition !! 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=July 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224151538/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/city/GA|title=Population of Georgia: Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts|website=Censusviewer.ocm|access-date=April 17, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>!! 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov//2010census/data/ |title=2010 Census Data |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=July 27, 2014 |archive-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713154415/https://www.census.gov/2010census/data/ |url-status=live }}</ref>!! 2020<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US13 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref> |- | [[White American|White]] || 71.0% || 65.1% || 59.7% || 51.9% |- | [[African American|Black]] || 27.0% || 28.7% || 30.5% || 31.0% |- | [[Asian American|Asian]] || 1.2% || 2.1% || 3.3% || 4.5% |- | [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] || 0.2% || 0.3% || 0.3% || 0.5% |- | [[Native Hawaiian]] and <br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] ||—|| 0.1% || 0.1% || 0.1% |- | [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.6% || 2.4% || 4.0% || 5.2% |- | [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] ||—|| 1.4% || 2.1% || 6.9% |} In the [[1980 United States census|1980 census]], 1,584,303 people from Georgia claimed [[English American|English]] ancestry out of a total state population of 3,994,817, making them 40% of the state, and the largest ethnic group at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov//population/www/censusdata/files/pc80-s1-10/tab03.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111061729/http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/files/pc80-s1-10/tab03.pdf |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |url-status=live |title=Persons Who Reported at Least One Specific Ancestry Group for Regions, Divisions and States | year = 1980 |publisher=Census |access-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> Today, many of these same people claiming they are of "American" ancestry are actually of English descent, and some are of [[Scottish-Irish American|Scots-Irish]] descent; however, their families have lived in the state for so long, in many cases since the colonial period, that they choose to identify simply as having "American" ancestry or do not in fact know their own ancestry. Their ancestry primarily goes back to the original thirteen colonies and for this reason many of them today simply claim "American" ancestry, though they are of predominantly English ancestry.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SVoAXh-dNuYC&pg=PA57 | title = Sharing the Dream: White Males in a Multicultural America | first = Dominic J | last = Pulera | isbn = 9780826416438 | date = October 20, 2004 | publisher = A&C Black | access-date = October 16, 2015 | archive-date = January 16, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230116051127/https://books.google.com/books?id=SVoAXh-dNuYC&pg=PA57 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | first = Reynolds | last = Farley | title = The New Census Question about Ancestry: What Did It Tell Us? | journal = Demography | volume = 28 | number = 3 |date=August 1991 | pages = 411–29 | doi=10.2307/2061465 | pmid=1936376| jstor = 2061465 | s2cid = 41503995 | doi-access = free}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | first1 = Stanley | last1 = Lieberson | first2 = Lawrence | last2 = Santi | title = The Use of Nativity Data to Estimate Ethnic Characteristics and Patterns | journal = Social Science Research | volume = 14 | number = 1 | year = 1985 | pages = 44–6 | doi=10.1016/0049-089x(85)90011-0}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | first1 = Stanley | last1 = Lieberson | first2 = Mary C | last2 = Waters | title = Ethnic Groups in Flux: The Changing Ethnic Responses of American Whites | journal = Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | volume = 487 | number = 79 |date=September 1986 | pages = 82–86 | doi=10.1177/0002716286487001004| s2cid = 60711423}}</ref> Historically, about half of Georgia's population was composed of African Americans who, before the [[American Civil War]], were almost exclusively enslaved. The [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] of hundreds of thousands of blacks from the rural South to the industrial North from 1914 to 1970 reduced the African American population.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.brookings.edu/urban/pubs/20040524_Frey.pdf |first=William H |last=Frey |title=The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965–2000 |publisher=The Brookings Institution |date=May 2004 |access-date=May 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428042235/http://www.brookings.edu/urban/pubs/20040524_Frey.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> Georgia had the second-fastest-growing Asian population growth in the U.S. from 1990 to 2000, more than doubling in size during the ten-year period.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.oca-georgia.org/AtlantaProfile.pdf |title=Atlanta |type=profile |publisher=Oca |place=GA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711094955/http://www.oca-georgia.org/AtlantaProfile.pdf |archive-date=July 11, 2009}}</ref> Indian people and Chinese people are the largest Asian groups in Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aapidata.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/GA-2018.pdf |title=Georgia - AAPI Data |access-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308150150/https://aapidata.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/GA-2018.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, according to census estimates, Georgia ranks third among the states in terms of the percent of the total population that is African American (after [[Mississippi]] and [[Louisiana]]) and third in numeric Black population after New York and Florida. Georgia also has a sizeable Latino population. Many are of Mexican descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/latino-immigration/|title=Latino Immigration|access-date=November 19, 2022|archive-date=November 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119032026/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/latino-immigration/|url-status=live}}</ref> Georgia is the state with the third-lowest percentage of older people (65 or older), at 12.8 percent ({{as of|2015|lc=y}}).<ref>{{Citation|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13000.html |contribution=Georgia |publisher=Census |title=Quickfacts |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105843/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13000.html |archive-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> The colonial settlement of large numbers of [[Scottish American]], [[English American]] and [[Scotch-Irish American]]s in the mountains and Piedmont, and coastal settlement by some [[English American]]s and African Americans, have strongly influenced the state's culture in food, language and music. The concentration of African slaves repeatedly "imported" to coastal areas in the 18th century from rice-growing regions of West Africa led to the development of [[Gullah]]-Geechee language and culture in the Low Country among African Americans. They share a unique heritage in which many African traditions of food, religion and culture were retained. In the creolization of Southern culture, their foodways became an integral part of Low Country cooking.<ref>{{Citation | publisher = Georgia | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080504151611/http://www.georgia.org/Travel/Early%2BMountain%2BLife.htm | archive-date = May 4, 2008 | url = http://www.georgia.org/Travel/Early+Mountain+Life.htm | title = Travel | contribution = Early Mountain Life | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.well.com/~mp/gAmOrigins.html | publisher = The well | title = Who are Americans | access-date = October 1, 2006 | archive-date = September 30, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181109/http://www.well.com/~mp/gAmOrigins.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Sephardic Jews, French-speaking Swiss people, Moravians, Irish convicts, Piedmont Italians and Russian people immigrated to the state during the colonial era.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/colonial-immigration/#:~:text=Immigrants%20to%20colonial%20Georgia%20came,a%20host%20of%20American%20colonies.|title=Colonial Immigration - New Georgia Encyclopedia}}</ref> {{as of|2011}}, 58.8% of Georgia's population younger than 1 were minorities (meaning they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white) compared to other states like California with 75.1%, Texas with 69.8%, and New York with 55.6%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date=August 4, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest European ancestry groups as of 2011 were: [[English American|English]] 8.1%, [[Irish American|Irish]] 8.1%,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_DP02&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212210153/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_DP02&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Selected Social Characteristics in the United States-2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |access-date=September 4, 2013 }}</ref> and [[German American|German]] 7.2%.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US13&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_DP2&-context=adp&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=308&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format= | title = American FactFinder | publisher = Census | access-date = February 11, 2012 | archive-date = February 11, 2020 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200211182406/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US13&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_DP2&-context=adp&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=308&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format= | url-status = dead }}</ref> ===Languages=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:1em; float:center" |+ '''Top 10 languages spoken in Georgia''' |- ! Language !! Speakers <small>({{as of|2021|lc=y}})</small><ref name="language">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=punjabi&g=040XX00US13&tid=ACSDT1Y2021.B16001&moe=false|title=American Community Survey- LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> !! [[Percentage|%]] of total <br /> |- | [[American English|English]] ||8,711,102|| {{Percentage|8711102|10173597|2}} |- | [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] ||795,646|| {{Percentage|795646|10173597|2}} |- | [[Vietnamese language in the United States|Vietnamese]] ||57,795|| {{Percentage|57795|10173597|2}} |- | [[Chinese language in the United States|Chinese]] ||55,024|| {{Percentage|55024|10173597|2}} |- | [[Korean American|Korean]] ||52,742|| {{Percentage|52742|10173597|2}} |- | [[French language in the United States|French]] ||33,248|| {{Percentage|33248|10173597|2}} |- | Hindi ||31,531|| {{Percentage|31531|10173597|2}} |- | [[German language in the United States|German]] ||25,881|| {{Percentage|25881|10173597|2}} |- | [[Haitian American|Haitian]] ||25,032|| {{Percentage|25032|10173597|2}} |- | [[Arabic language in the United States|Arabic]] ||21,795|| {{Percentage|21795|10173597|2}} |- |} {{as of|2021}}, {{Percentage|8711102|10173597|2}} (8,711,102) of Georgia residents age{{nbsp}}5 and older spoke English at home as a [[primary language]], while {{Percentage|795646|10173597|2}} (795,646) spoke Spanish, and {{Percentage|666,849|10173597|2}} (666,849) spoke languages other than English or Spanish at home, with the most common of which were Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean. In total, {{Percentage|1,462,495|10173597|2}} (1,462,495) of Georgia's population age{{nbsp}}5 and older spoke a [[mother language]] other than English.<ref name="language"/> ===Religion=== {{further|Demographics of Georgia (U.S. state)#Religion|Culture of Georgia (U.S. state)#Religion}} {{multiple image | perrow = 2 | total_width = 500 | caption_align = center | image1 = St. Mark's United Methodist Church - Atlanta, Georgia.jpg | caption1 = [[St. Mark United Methodist Church (Atlanta)|St. Mark's United Methodist Church]] in [[Atlanta]] | image2 = Hindutempleatlanta.jpg | caption2 = The [[BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta|BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir]] in [[Lilburn, GA|Lilburn]] is the second-largest [[Hindu temple]] in the United States. }} {{bar box |title = Religion in Georgia (2014)<ref name="pew2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/georgia/|title=Religious Landscape Study|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224558/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/georgia/|url-status=live}}</ref> |titlebar=#ddd |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars = {{bar percent|[[Protestant]]|purple|67}} {{bar percent|[[Irreligion|None]]|black|18}} {{bar percent|[[Catholic]]|dodgerblue|9}} {{bar percent|[[Jehovah's Witness]]|yellow|2}} {{bar percent|Jewish|blue|1}} {{bar percent|[[Mormon]]|pink|1}} {{bar percent|Other|grey|2}} {{bar percent|Don't know|Orange|1}} }}According to the [[Pew Research Center]], the composition of religious affiliation in Georgia was 70% Protestant, 9% Catholic, 1% Mormon, 1% Jewish, 0.5% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, and 0.5% Hindu. [[Atheist]]s, [[deist]]s, agnostics, and other unaffiliated people make up 13% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://religions.pewforum.org/maps |title= Maps |publisher= Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life |access-date= October 24, 2010 |archive-date= July 7, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130707085300/http://religions.pewforum.org/maps |url-status= live }}</ref> Overall, Christianity was the dominant religion in the state, as part of the [[Bible Belt]]. According to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] in 2010, the largest Christian denominations by number of adherents were the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] with 1,759,317; the [[United Methodist Church]] with 619,394; and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] with 596,384. Non-denominational [[Evangelical Protestant]] had 566,782 members, the [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)]] has 175,184 members, and the [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.]] has 172,982 members.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/13/rcms2010_13_state_name_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131012074430/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/13/rcms2010_13_state_name_2010.asp |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]] is the largest Presbyterian body in the state, with 300 congregations and 100,000 members. The other large body, [[Presbyterian Church in America]], had at its founding date 14 congregations and 2,800 members; in 2010 it counted 139 congregations and 32,000 members.<ref name="www.thearda.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/presbyterian-church-america |title=www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/presbyterian-church-america |publisher=Georgiaencyclopedia.org |access-date=July 27, 2014 |archive-date=July 5, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140705171016/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/presbyterian-church-america |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] is noteworthy in Georgia's urban areas, and includes the [[Archdiocese of Atlanta]] and the [[Diocese of Savannah]]. Georgia is home to the second-largest [[Hindu]] temple in the United States, the [[BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta]], located in the suburb city of [[Lilburn, Georgia|Lilburn]]. Georgia is home to several historic synagogues including [[The Temple (Atlanta)]], [[Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta)]], and [[Congregation Mickve Israel|Congregation Mickve Israel (Savannah)]]. [[Chabad]] and the [[Rohr Jewish Learning Institute]] are also active in the state.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weiszer|first1=Marc|title=Georgia's Kublanow balances faith and football|url=http://savannahnow.com/sports/2014-09-29/georgias-kublanow-balances-faith-and-football|agency= Savannah Now|date=September 29, 2014|quote=Kublanow wasn't just born Jewish, he was raised and had his bar mitzvah while attending an orthodox Chabad synagogue. His mother, Shelly Kublanow Rosenblatt, will attend Friday night and Saturday morning services at the Chabad House in Athens and then head to Sanford Stadium in the afternoon to watch Kublanow and his linemates clear the way for Todd Gurley.|access-date=October 5, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081212/http://savannahnow.com/sports/2014-09-29/georgias-kublanow-balances-faith-and-football|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sollish|first1=Ari|title=Chabad Course Explores Israel's Spiritual Side|url=http://crownheights.info/shlichus/8510/chabad-course-explores-israels-spiritual-side/|agency=Crown Heights Info|date=October 11, 2007|quote=ATLANTA, GA—A new six-part adult-education course from Chabad-Lubavitch's Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will explore the spiritual connection between the Jewish people and the land of Israel starting at the end of October. Unlike courses that focus on the history or the culture of Israel, "The Land & the Spirit: Why We All Care About Israel" will explore the mystery of the deep connection between Jews everywhere and that small patch of land in the Middle East.|access-date=October 5, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084147/http://crownheights.info/shlichus/8510/chabad-course-explores-israels-spiritual-side/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the 2022 [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s study, 71% of the population were Christian; throughout its Christian population, 60% were Protestant and 8% were Catholic. Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons collectively made up 3% of other Christians according to the study.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-GA |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=ava.prri.org}}</ref> [[Judaism]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Hinduism]] collectively formed 4% of the state's non-Christian population; [[New Age|New Age spirituality]] was 2% of the religious population. Approximately 23% of the state was [[Irreligion|irreligious]].<ref name=":0" /> Population percentage of Georgia in the United States 2010: 3.14% 2020: 3.23% Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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