Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Birmingham, AL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	275,361	(1)		264,318	(1)		451	440
United Methodist Church, The	72,119	(2)		76,176	(3)		180	193
Catholic Church, The	46,606	(3)		41,953	(4)		33	35
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	16,008	(4)		11,812	(9)		72	80
Episcopal Church	15,714	(5)		12,032	(8)		22	21
Churches of Christ	15,165	(6)		14,810	(6)		104	101
Assemblies of God	13,490	(7)		12,595	(7)		35	41
Presbyterian Church in America	10,384	(8)		7,288	(12)		16	13
Presbyterian Church (USA)	10,236	(9)		11,766	(10)		33	37
Seventh-day Adventist Church	6,178	(10)		4,166	(15)		14	16
Jewish Estimate	5,300	(11)		4,720	(14)		5	3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	3,608	(12)		2,917	(19)		12	10
National Association of Free Will Baptists	3,477	(13)		3,004	(17)		24	27
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	2,659	(14)		9,300	(11)		5	11
Church of the Nazarene	2,633	(15)		3,390	(16)		20	21

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		921,106
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		56.6%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	59	(46 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	521,767	(604,903 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	1,219	(1,241 in 1990)

The metro area included 4 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Blount County, AL; Jefferson County, AL; St. Clair County, AL; Shelby County, AL
	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.