Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Cedar Rapids, IA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	44,642	(1)		38,980	(1)		19	19
United Methodist Church, The	14,284	(2)		13,170	(2)		30	27
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	10,875	(3)		10,051	(3)		13	13
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	6,148	(4)		6,335	(5)		9	9
Presbyterian Church (USA)	5,491	(5)		6,440	(4)		15	15
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	3,181	(6)		3,010	(6)		7	7
Assemblies of God	2,899	(7)		1,480	(9)		4	2
Muslims Estimate	2,300	(8)		NA			2	NA
United Church of Christ	1,729	(9)		1,835	(7)		4	4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	1,600	(10)		1,750	(8)		2	4
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,464	(11)		1,133	(11)		4	4
Episcopal Church	1,296	(12)		942	(14)		3	3
Salvation Army, The	1,247	(13)		155	(29)		1	1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,242	(14)		930	(15)		3	3
Southern Baptist Convention	1,192	(15)		996	(13)		3	1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		191,701
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		57.1%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	48	(45 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	109,373	(95,066 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	169	(160 in 1990)

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