Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Anniston, AL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	50,799	(1)		49,297	(1)		99	89
United Methodist Church, The	7,129	(2)		7,917	(3)		30	28
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	3,875	(3)		2,007	(7)		14	13
Churches of Christ	2,783	(4)		2,884	(4)		18	17
Assemblies of God	1,087	(5)		745	(10)		7	5
Presbyterian Church (USA)	939	(6)		1,423	(8)		7	8
Episcopal Church	857	(7)		942	(9)		3	3
Catholic Church, The	816	(8)		2,192	(6)		4	4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	605	(9)		636	(12)		2	1
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	577	(10)		271	(16)		1	1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	322	(11)		315	(14)		3	3
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	318	(12)		70	(24)		1	1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	300	(13)		367	(13)		4	4
Muslims Estimate	288	(14)		NA			1	NA
Salvation Army, The	264	(15)		156	(21)		1	1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		112,249
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		64.3%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	28	(29 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	72,169	(83,494 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	211	(202 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Calhoun County, AL
	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.