Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	199,389	(1)		154,255	(1)		85	87
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	72,774	(2)		83,689	(2)		123	125
United Church of Christ	49,060	(3)		56,048	(3)		100	106
United Methodist Church, The	13,413	(4)		13,738	(4)		43	46
Presbyterian Church (USA)	11,206	(5)		11,726	(5)		17	17
Jewish Estimate	8,500	(6)		8,420	(6)		8	9
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province	7,429	(7)		8,244	(7)		16	16
Episcopal Church	5,627	(8)		6,559	(8)		17	15
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	3,750	(9)		NR			3	2
Wesleyan Church, The	3,045	(10)		2,270	(12)		9	8
Assemblies of God	2,780	(11)		3,059	(10)		15	15
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,951	(12)		1,801	(13)		8	7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,882	(13)		1,202	(15)		8	4
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	1,853	(14)		1,180	(16)		4	4
Muslims Estimate	1,524	(15)		NA			3	NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		637,958
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		62.6%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	53	(47 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	399,219	(369,437 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	547	(562 in 1990)

The metro area included 3 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Carbon County, PA; Lehigh County, PA; Northampton County, PA
	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.