Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Bloomington-Normal, IL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 19,032 (1)   16,893 (1)   10 10
United Methodist Church, The 9,794 (2)   11,088 (2)   24 26
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 5,600 (3)   5,405 (3)   8 7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 5,591 (4)   3,966 (5)   9 7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 4,404 (5)   3,937 (6)   7 6
Presbyterian Church (USA) 3,929 (6)   4,856 (4)   10 9
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada 3,725 (7)   3,619 (7)   12 14
Southern Baptist Convention 1,724 (8)   1,348 (10)   5 4
Assemblies of God 1,476 (9)   749 (13)   4 2
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches 1,400 (10)   1,800 (8)   1 1
American Baptist Churches in the USA 1,203 (11)   1,261 (11)   6 7
Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. 1,058 (12)   780 (12)   2 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 838 (13)   643 (15)   2 1
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti 826 (14)   NA     3 NA
Mennonite Church USA 809 (15)   NA     4 NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   150,433
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups: 		  44.2%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 36 (41 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 66,474 (63,601 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 139 (139 in 1990)

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