Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Auburn-Opelika, AL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	22,470	(1)		18,477	(1)		32	29
United Methodist Church, The	8,501	(2)		6,696	(4)		22	22
Catholic Church, The	2,115	(3)		1,736	(5)		2	2
Assemblies of God	1,416	(4)		1,068	(7)		8	8
Churches of Christ	1,238	(5)		1,386	(6)		8	8
Episcopal Church	724	(6)		766	(9)		2	2
Presbyterian Church (USA)	720	(7)		915	(8)		2	2
Presbyterian Church in America	542	(8)		355	(10)		2	2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	482	(9)		345	(11)		1	2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	296	(10)		317	(12)		1	1
Muslims Estimate	288	(11)		NA			1	NA
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	233	(12)		118	(15)		2	2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	200	(13)		195	(13)		1	2
National Association of Free Will Baptists	143	(14)		36	(20)		1	1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	117	(15)		96	(16)		1	1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		115,092
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		34.6%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	25	(23 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	39,807	(56,111 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	97	(106 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Lee 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.