Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Alexandria, LA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	43,866	(1)		44,229	(1)		86	87
Catholic Church, The	21,089	(2)		20,376	(2)		20	25
United Methodist Church, The	5,408	(3)		6,826	(4)		23	25
Seventh-day Adventist Church	1,247	(4)		760	(8)		3	2
Episcopal Church	1,232	(5)		1,453	(6)		6	6
Assemblies of God	834	(6)		1,575	(5)		7	8
Churches of Christ	824	(7)		824	(7)		6	6
Independent, Charismatic Churches	800	(8)		0	()		1	0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	688	(9)		589	(9)		2	2
American Baptist Association, The	685	(10)		NA			3	NA
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	461	(11)		516	(10)		3	3
Jewish Estimate	350	(12)		350	(11)		2	2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	346	(13)		300	(13)		1	1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	308	(14)		260	(15)		3	2
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	298	(15)		0	()		1	0

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		126,337
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		63.0%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	31	(28 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	79,537	(89,479 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	190	(194 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Rapides Parish, LA
	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.