Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Bryan-College Station, TX
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	37,430	(1)		17,116	(1)		6	6
Southern Baptist Convention	15,480	(2)		17,071	(2)		25	23
United Methodist Church, The	7,144	(3)		7,113	(3)		13	11
Churches of Christ	2,727	(4)		2,076	(5)		9	10
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	2,500	(5)		1,000	(10)		1	1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,786	(6)		1,020	(9)		7	3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1,498	(7)		1,657	(6)		2	3
Episcopal Church	1,494	(8)		1,191	(8)		3	3
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,063	(9)		1,598	(7)		2	2
Assemblies of God	917	(10)		953	(11)		5	6
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	913	(11)		776	(12)		3	3
United Church of Christ	644	(12)		666	(13)		2	3
Armenian Church of America, The / Catholicossate of Etchmiadzin	560	(13)		NA			1	NA
Muslims Estimate	500	(14)		NA			1	NA
Jewish Estimate	400	(15)		400	(16)		1	1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		152,415
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		50.6%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	35	(28 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	77,124	(60,412 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	107	(94 in 1990)

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