Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Brazoria, TX (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	48,342	(1)		31,299	(2)		14	14
Southern Baptist Convention	43,797	(2)		45,998	(1)		55	47
United Methodist Church, The	12,073	(3)		13,459	(3)		17	19
Assemblies of God	3,576	(4)		3,612	(5)		17	14
Churches of Christ	3,523	(5)		3,526	(6)		26	24
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	2,378	(6)		2,863	(7)		9	9
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	2,232	(7)		2,228	(8)		6	6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,928	(8)		1,420	(11)		5	4
Episcopal Church	1,884	(9)		2,131	(9)		6	6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,604	(10)		798	(13)		4	4
Muslim Estimate	1,313	(11)		NA			1	NA
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	1,284	(12)		0	()		1	0
American Baptist Association, The	870	(13)		NA			5	NA
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	657	(14)		196	(17)		5	1
Church of the Nazarene	590	(15)		499	(14)		6	4

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		241,767
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		53.2%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	35	(28 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	128,501	(118,935 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	206	(175 in 1990)

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