Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Charleston-North Charleston, SC
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	66,317	(1)		76,003	(1)		109	101
United Methodist Church, The	37,146	(2)		38,715	(3)		105	106
Catholic Church, The	33,145	(3)		24,079	(4)		25	25
Presbyterian Church (USA)	14,846	(4)		13,540	(5)		30	32
Episcopal Church	14,616	(5)		12,798	(6)		35	32
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	8,361	(6)		9,582	(7)		19	20
Independent, Charismatic Churches	5,650	(7)		1,600	(17)		4	4
Jewish Estimate	5,000	(8)		4,500	(9)		3	3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	3,489	(9)		2,236	(14)		15	12
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	3,132	(10)		2,982	(10)		7	7
Churches of Christ	2,551	(11)		2,635	(13)		12	12
Assemblies of God	2,456	(12)		1,561	(18)		10	7
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	2,176	(13)		2,658	(12)		27	29
Muslims Estimate	2,032	(14)		NA			5	NA
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	2,008	(15)		1,999	(16)		12	19

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		549,033
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		39.1%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	45	(43 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	214,937	(260,595 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	500	(509 in 1990)

The metro area included 3 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Berkeley County, SC; Charleston County, SC; Dorchester County, SC
	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.