Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Binghamton, NY
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	72,765	(1)		72,021	(1)		39	37
United Methodist Church, The	23,059	(2)		26,631	(2)		66	67
Presbyterian Church (USA)	4,476	(3)		6,425	(3)		21	21
Episcopal Church	4,179	(4)		4,261	(4)		13	12
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	3,111	(5)		3,481	(5)		7	8
Assemblies of God	2,495	(6)		2,761	(7)		5	4
Jewish Estimate	2,400	(7)		3,000	(6)		3	6
American Baptist Churches in the USA	2,291	(8)		2,674	(8)		10	9
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	2,093	(9)		NA			17	NA
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church	1,868	(10)		1,603	(11)		2	2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	1,299	(11)		1,621	(10)		13	11
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,104	(12)		1,136	(12)		4	4
Ukranian Orthodox Church of the USA	1,050	(13)		0	()		1	0
Church of the Nazarene	1,016	(14)		999	(13)		4	4
United Church of Christ	960	(15)		1,706	(9)		8	10

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		252,320
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		51.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	42	(36 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	130,654	(134,191 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	258	(231 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Broome County, NY; Tioga County, NY
	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.