Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Bellingham, WA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 13,290 (1)   10,250 (1)   7 8
Christian Reformed Church in North America 5,125 (2)   984 (10)   10 4
Assemblies of God 3,588 (3)   3,506 (3)   10 12
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 3,577 (4)   2,908 (4)   10 6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 3,408 (5)   3,893 (2)   10 10
Reformed Church in America 1,974 (6)   1,551 (6)   4 3
United Methodist Church, The 1,688 (7)   1,909 (5)   7 7
Episcopal Church 1,356 (8)   1,239 (7)   2 2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 1,228 (9)   NA     4 NA
Presbyterian Church (USA) 1,185 (10)   1,063 (8)   6 6
Mennonite Brethren Churches, U.S. Conference of 1,075 (11)   371 (20)   5 3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) 1,025 (12)   220 (25)   1 1
United Church of Christ 1,024 (13)   989 (9)   4 4
Seventh-day Adventist Church 818 (14)   655 (13)   6 3
Baptist General Conference 745 (15)   360 (22)   2 1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   166,814
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  29.4%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 46 (42 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 48,995 (36,414 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 145 (120 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Whatcom County, WA
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.