Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Atlantic-Cape May, NJ (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	95,247	(1)		94,285	(1)		38	39
Jewish Estimate	16,130	(2)		16,225	(2)		13	15
United Methodist Church, The	10,211	(3)		11,065	(3)		52	53
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	5,454	(4)		5,143	(5)		13	13
Muslim Estimate	3,782	(5)		NA			2	NA
Episcopal Church	3,252	(6)		3,477	(6)		13	15
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	2,443	(7)		2,626	(8)		12	12
Assemblies of God	2,081	(8)		1,116	(10)		15	8
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,970	(9)		2,396	(9)		7	9
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,485	(10)		538	(15)		4	2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	1,059	(11)		NR			3	3
United Church of Christ	945	(12)		1,024	(11)		3	4
Seventh-day Adventist Church	670	(13)		683	(13)		8	8
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	651	(14)		578	(14)		4	5
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	563	(15)		NA			4	NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		354,878
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		42.3%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	37	(35 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	150,086	(156,304 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	230	(228 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Atlantic County, NJ; Cape May County, NJ
	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.