Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	134,004	(1)		210,697	(1)		37	33
Southern Baptist Convention	17,347	(2)		16,503	(2)		39	32
United Methodist Church, The	4,753	(3)		4,699	(3)		12	12
Assemblies of God	3,934	(4)		3,323	(4)		33	28
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	2,664	(5)		1,901	(6)		8	5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	2,500	(6)		0	()		1	0
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,942	(7)		2,147	(5)		10	9
Churches of Christ	1,748	(8)		1,766	(7)		20	20
Episcopal Church	1,615	(9)		1,484	(8)		5	5
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,263	(10)		1,309	(9)		6	5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	884	(11)		362	(14)		3	2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	763	(12)		946	(10)		5	6
Church of the Nazarene	600	(13)		811	(11)		7	6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	490	(14)		408	(12)		4	4
Jewish Estimate	450	(15)		325	(15)		2	2

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		335,227
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		52.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	31	(29 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	177,125	(248,470 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	223	(195 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Cameron 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.