Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	105,520	(1)		107,531	(1)		121	110
Catholic Church, The	78,383	(2)		76,245	(2)		37	38
United Methodist Church, The	21,902	(3)		26,604	(4)		41	44
Assemblies of God	6,740	(4)		7,087	(5)		36	35
Churches of Christ	6,156	(5)		6,594	(6)		44	44
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	3,727	(6)		3,073	(9)		11	9
Salvation Army, The	3,696	(7)		327	(20)		3	3
Episcopal Church	2,935	(8)		3,188	(8)		7	7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	2,782	(9)		2,887	(10)		7	7
Presbyterian Church (USA)	2,770	(10)		3,625	(7)		9	9
Baptist Missionary Association of America	1,749	(11)		2,146	(11)		6	8
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	1,631	(12)		1,908	(13)		5	9
Independent, Charismatic Churches	1,614	(13)		1,550	(15)		3	2
Church of the Nazarene	1,364	(14)		1,965	(12)		7	9
American Baptist Association, The	1,102	(15)		NA			10	NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		385,090
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		64.3%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	35	(31 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	247,780	(277,126 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	389	(375 in 1990)

The metro area included 3 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Hardin County, TX; Jefferson County, TX; Orange 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.