Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Amarillo, TX
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	68,163	(1)		64,353	(1)		45	37
Catholic Church, The	23,845	(2)		15,218	(2)		13	13
United Methodist Church, The	11,307	(3)		12,564	(3)		13	14
Independent, Charismatic Churches	9,450	(4)		3,650	(8)		4	2
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	8,669	(5)		6,397	(5)		5	6
Churches of Christ	8,336	(6)		7,971	(4)		23	26
Presbyterian Church (USA)	3,072	(7)		4,240	(6)		5	5
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	2,200	(8)		3,450	(9)		4	6
Assemblies of God	1,968	(9)		2,039	(10)		13	14
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	1,892	(10)		1,868	(11)		4	5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,830	(11)		1,416	(14)		5	4
Episcopal Church	1,516	(12)		1,495	(12)		4	4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,432	(13)		1,442	(13)		4	4
Church of the Nazarene	1,286	(14)		1,013	(15)		8	6
American Baptist Association, The	794	(15)		NA			4	NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		217,858
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		69.1%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	41	(33 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	150,437	(135,088 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	193	(175 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Potter County, TX; Randall County, TX
	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.