Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Bremerton, WA (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	17,990	(1)		16,629	(1)		7	6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	7,195	(2)		6,524	(2)		17	12
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	6,026	(3)		5,812	(3)		11	10
Assemblies of God	5,703	(4)		4,060	(4)		12	13
Jewish Estimate	3,200	(5)		0	()		2	0
United Methodist Church, The	2,522	(6)		2,607	(5)		9	7
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	2,307	(7)		1,868	(7)		5	4
Episcopal Church	1,958	(8)		2,136	(6)		7	5
Southern Baptist Convention	1,810	(9)		1,661	(8)		7	6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	1,650	(10)		300	(22)		2	1
Church of the Nazarene	1,457	(11)		1,143	(13)		4	3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	1,340	(12)		1,317	(11)		5	6
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	1,261	(13)		NA			3	NA
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,190	(14)		1,152	(12)		4	3
Seventh-day Adventist Church	1,097	(15)		830	(14)		4	3

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		231,969
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		28.3%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	44	(38 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	65,550	(54,353 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	159	(130 in 1990)

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