Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Austin-San Marcos, TX
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 230,358 (1)   114,838 (1)   55 51
Southern Baptist Convention 127,903 (2)   114,517 (2)   173 132
United Methodist Church, The 44,296 (3)   35,296 (3)   79 78
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 18,735 (4)   17,920 (5)   40 38
Episcopal Church 16,724 (5)   11,876 (7)   28 27
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 14,312 (6)   12,267 (6)   22 21
Jewish Estimate 13,500 (7)   5,000 (13)   11 3
Presbyterian Church (USA) 13,056 (8)   10,962 (9)   32 31
Churches of Christ 12,904 (9)   11,498 (8)   70 72
Independent, Charismatic Churches 12,550 (10)   5,021 (12)   6 7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 9,788 (11)   4,939 (15)   23 11
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches 6,760 (12)   5,175 (11)   6 6
Assemblies of God 6,210 (13)   5,422 (10)   39 44
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada 5,254 (14)   4,945 (14)   19 20
Muslims Estimate 3,914 (15)   NA     5 NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   1,249,763
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups: 		  44.7%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 61 (49 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 558,223 (403,660 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 782 (639 in 1990)

The metro area included 5 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Bastrop County, TX; Caldwell County, TX; Hays County, TX; Travis County, TX; Williamson County, TX
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.