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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH (NECMA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 2,951,971 | (1) | 2,723,555 | (1) | 681 | 694 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 261,100 | (2) | 268,210 | (2) | 180 | 184 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 110,041 | (3) | 117,431 | (3) | 352 | 362 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 88,459 | (4) | 107,705 | (4) | 220 | 221 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 60,075 | (5) | 66,375 | (5) | 209 | 218 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 48,744 | (6) | 62,420 | (6) | 229 | 250 | ||
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | 44,328 | (7) | NR | 39 | 39 | |||
| Muslims Estimate | 43,452 | (8) | NA | 24 | NA | |||
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations | 24,819 | (9) | 33,766 | (8) | 129 | 139 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 24,435 | (10) | 24,462 | (9) | 61 | 63 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 22,591 | (11) | 18,082 | (10) | 122 | 96 | ||
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The | 17,391 | (12) | 11,806 | (14) | 51 | 35 | ||
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 14,680 | (13) | 12,243 | (13) | 82 | 63 | ||
| Armenian Church of America, The / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin | 14,170 | (14) | NA | 7 | NA | |||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 13,161 | (15) | 11,794 | (15) | 75 | 45 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 6,057,826 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
64.1% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 81 | (60 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 3,884,248 | (3,631,095 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 3,213 | (3,028 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 10 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Bristol County, MA; Essex County, MA; Middlesex County, MA; Norfolk County, MA; Plymouth County, MA; Suffolk County, MA; Worcester County, MA; Hillsborough County, NH; Rockingham County, NH; Strafford County, NH | |
| 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. |