Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Canton-Massillon, OH
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	79,384	(1)		61,640	(1)		34	35
United Methodist Church, The	25,925	(2)		29,165	(2)		77	74
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	16,070	(3)		10,430	(5)		4	8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	13,662	(4)		14,648	(3)		30	31
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	10,648	(5)		9,590	(6)		20	18
United Church of Christ	9,730	(6)		13,146	(4)		21	25
Presbyterian Church (USA)	6,127	(7)		8,940	(7)		20	21
American Baptist Churches in the USA	3,490	(8)		2,909	(10)		10	8
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	3,450	(9)		NR			3	3
Churches of Christ	2,820	(10)		2,875	(11)		17	18
Independent, Charismatic Churches	2,750	(11)		1,120	(21)		2	2
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	2,741	(12)		1,158	(20)		9	6
Church of the Nazarene	2,447	(13)		2,696	(12)		13	14
Episcopal Church	2,169	(14)		2,518	(13)		5	5
Assemblies of God	2,084	(15)		2,031	(16)		12	12

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		406,934
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		50.4%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	56	(49 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	205,181	(191,221 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	397	(386 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Carroll County, OH; Stark County, OH
	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.