Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	71,622	(1)		68,388	(1)		101	95
Catholic Church, The	57,189	(2)		46,767	(2)		43	40
United Methodist Church, The	24,045	(3)		23,583	(3)		64	70
Assemblies of God	6,083	(4)		5,671	(5)		28	26
Baptist Missionary Association of America	4,089	(5)		4,947	(6)		21	21
Episcopal Church	3,367	(6)		3,641	(7)		10	10
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	2,621	(7)		2,127	(9)		5	5
Presbyterian Church (USA)	2,368	(8)		2,314	(8)		10	10
Churches of Christ	2,236	(9)		1,879	(10)		18	18
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	1,200	(10)		800	(16)		2	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1,190	(11)		1,240	(13)		3	6
Community of Christ	1,066	(12)		NA			5	NA
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	950	(13)		1,171	(14)		5	6
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	892	(14)		505	(18)		8	6
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptists Association	885	(15)		832	(15)		6	6

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		363,988
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		50.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	38	(32 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	184,868	(191,601 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	379	(356 in 1990)

The metro area included 3 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Hancock County, MS; Harrison County, MS; Jackson County, MS
	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.