Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Bloomington, IN
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	12,600	(1)		9,294	(1)		3	3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	4,892	(2)		3,482	(3)		9	11
United Methodist Church, The	4,482	(3)		4,993	(2)		12	13
American Baptist Churches in the USA	2,355	(4)		3,249	(4)		5	8
Churches of Christ	2,054	(5)		2,024	(5)		20	21
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	1,349	(6)		1,507	(7)		3	3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	1,250	(7)		1,700	(6)		3	2
Assemblies of God	1,159	(8)		1,237	(9)		8	7
Jewish Estimate	1,000	(9)		1,000	(10)		1	0
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	951	(10)		963	(11)		3	3
Church of the Nazarene	866	(11)		1,387	(8)		4	5
Episcopal Church	766	(12)		616	(16)		1	1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	749	(13)		488	(17)		2	2
Southern Baptist Convention	645	(14)		653	(15)		2	3
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	572	(15)		NA			2	NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		120,563
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		33.3%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	36	(33 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	40,169	(37,345 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	104	(103 in 1990)

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