Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Casper, WY
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 10,001 (1)   8,280 (1)   4 5
Southern Baptist Convention 3,326 (2)   4,316 (2)   9 8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 3,141 (3)   2,967 (3)   7 6
United Methodist Church, The 2,063 (4)   2,510 (4)   3 3
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 1,891 (5)   2,104 (5)   4 4
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) 1,335 (6)   600 (11)   1 1
Episcopal Church 1,198 (7)   913 (8)   2 3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 893 (8)   1,101 (7)   2 2
Presbyterian Church (USA) 845 (9)   1,290 (6)   3 3
Assemblies of God 824 (10)   629 (9)   2 3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada 480 (11)   526 (12)   1 1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 466 (12)   619 (10)   4 4
American Baptist Churches in the USA 423 (13)   478 (13)   2 2
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti 379 (14)   NA     3 NA
Churches of Christ 349 (15)   349 (15)   3 3

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   66,533
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  43.9%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 30 (31 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 29,232 (27,941 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 64 (66 in 1990)

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