Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Champaign-Urbana, IL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	19,503	(1)		18,371	(1)		18	17
United Methodist Church, The	8,796	(2)		11,019	(2)		31	29
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	7,906	(3)		7,166	(3)		11	11
Assemblies of God	4,075	(4)		1,123	(14)		5	3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	3,795	(5)		3,352	(7)		11	13
Presbyterian Church (USA)	3,510	(6)		3,369	(6)		9	9
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	3,383	(7)		3,605	(5)		8	6
Vineyard USA	2,752	(8)		NA			1	NA
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	2,280	(9)		475	(21)		2	1
Independent, Charismatic Churches	2,000	(10)		1,200	(13)		1	1
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,636	(11)		1,494	(10)		5	5
Southern Baptist Convention	1,472	(12)		2,323	(8)		6	8
Jewish Estimate	1,400	(13)		1,700	(9)		1	1
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	1,305	(14)		1,369	(12)		4	4
United Church of Christ	1,232	(15)		1,384	(11)		3	3

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		179,669
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		41.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	49	(41 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	75,149	(70,527 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	173	(161 in 1990)

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