Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Ann Arbor, MI (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 90,029 (1)   63,932 (1)   31 29
United Methodist Church, The 13,587 (2)   14,855 (2)   41 44
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 11,435 (3)   9,818 (5)   22 23
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 10,402 (4)   10,899 (4)   20 20
Assemblies of God 8,261 (5)   3,607 (13)   14 13
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 7,877 (6)   7,471 (6)   16 16
Jewish Estimate 7,000 (7)   6,981 (7)   5 4
United Church of Christ 5,554 (8)   6,975 (8)   16 17
Muslim Estimate 4,891 (9)   NA     2 NA
Episcopal Church 4,432 (10)   5,238 (10)   14 15
American Baptist Churches in the USA 4,150 (11)   6,262 (9)   15 18
Southern Baptist Convention 3,815 (12)   4,870 (11)   18 14
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 3,436 (13)   3,928 (12)   11 11
Church of the Nazarene 2,882 (14)   2,647 (14)   12 11
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 2,661 (15)   1,892 (16)   7 6

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   578,736
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  35.5%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 58 (57 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 205,364 (178,621 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 383 (367 in 1990)

The metro area included 3 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Lenawee County, MI; Livingston County, MI; Washtenaw County, MI
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.