Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Boulder-Longmont, CO (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	58,746	(1)		27,336	(1)		10	10
Jewish Estimate	13,200	(2)		5,486	(5)		6	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	8,773	(3)		6,778	(2)		12	10
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	7,625	(4)		900	(16)		2	2
United Methodist Church, The	5,253	(5)		6,536	(3)		13	12
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	5,153	(6)		5,495	(4)		9	10
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	4,750	(7)		4,711	(6)		12	11
Muslim Estimate	4,000	(8)		NA			1	NA
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	3,423	(9)		3,156	(9)		4	6
Episcopal Church	3,196	(10)		3,593	(7)		6	7
Southern Baptist Convention	2,753	(11)		2,518	(10)		8	8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	2,688	(12)		893	(17)		6	3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	2,629	(13)		3,209	(8)		9	8
Independent, Charismatic Churches	2,000	(14)		1,975	(12)		1	2
United Church of Christ	1,973	(15)		2,466	(11)		4	5

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		291,288
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		47.2%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	51	(43 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	137,473	(83,838 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	204	(152 in 1990)

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