Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 141,238 (1)   131,774 (1)   52 53
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 30,339 (2)   31,211 (2)   29 27
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 24,836 (3)   25,202 (3)   38 35
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 15,428 (4)   13,319 (4)   19 18
United Church of Christ 8,164 (5)   8,670 (6)   17 17
United Methodist Church, The 8,080 (6)   9,188 (5)   20 22
Assemblies of God 2,981 (7)   3,112 (8)   9 8
Presbyterian Church (USA) 2,967 (8)   3,315 (7)   7 8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The 2,569 (9)   1,613 (10)   5 4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches 2,250 (10)   1,600 (11)   2 2
Episcopal Church 2,142 (11)   2,376 (9)   4 4
Baptist General Conference 1,056 (12)   249 (21)   4 3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 990 (13)   771 (13)   3 2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Vasiloupulis 675 (14)   NA     1 NA
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches 630 (15)   631 (14)   1 1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   358,365
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  70.0%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 41 (37 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 250,900 (238,295 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 260 (246 in 1990)

The metro area included 3 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Calumet County, WI; Outagamie County, WI; Winnebago County, WI
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.