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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Baltimore, MD (PMSA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 536,423 | (1) | 408,294 | (1) | 139 | 137 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 130,192 | (2) | 141,045 | (2) | 359 | 381 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 109,200 | (3) | 104,700 | (4) | 56 | 61 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 60,580 | (4) | 63,776 | (5) | 109 | 115 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 53,660 | (5) | 50,318 | (6) | 153 | 120 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 39,885 | (6) | 41,989 | (7) | 91 | 95 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 24,001 | (7) | 25,670 | (8) | 62 | 60 | ||
| Muslim Estimate | 19,453 | (8) | NA | 12 | NA | |||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 16,606 | (9) | 14,780 | (10) | 22 | 20 | ||
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 15,906 | (10) | 18,153 | (9) | 37 | 36 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 15,350 | (11) | 6,730 | (16) | 9 | 11 | ||
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | 10,677 | (12) | NR | 4 | 4 | |||
| Presbyterian Church in America | 10,673 | (13) | 7,991 | (13) | 31 | 31 | ||
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 10,042 | (14) | 7,166 | (15) | 46 | 38 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 9,760 | (15) | 9,749 | (12) | 47 | 37 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 2,552,994 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
44.1% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 70 | (61 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 1,127,104 | (1,096,218 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 1,503 | (1,436 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 7 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Anne Arundel County, MD; Baltimore County, MD; Carroll County, MD; Harford County, MD; Howard County, MD; Queen Anne's County, MD; Baltimore city, MD | |
| 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. |