Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Cheyenne, WY
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	17,578	(1)		12,692	(1)		6	5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	2,726	(2)		2,648	(4)		7	7
Southern Baptist Convention	2,723	(3)		2,760	(2)		7	5
United Methodist Church, The	2,458	(4)		2,561	(5)		8	7
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	2,038	(5)		1,850	(6)		3	3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,791	(6)		1,839	(7)		5	5
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	1,022	(7)		800	(10)		1	1
Presbyterian Church (USA)	982	(8)		1,232	(8)		4	3
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	966	(9)		1,092	(9)		1	1
Baptist General Conference	856	(10)		343	(16)		3	2
American Baptist Churches in the USA	677	(11)		2,693	(3)		3	3
Assemblies of God	651	(12)		541	(13)		5	5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	579	(13)		296	(17)		1	1
Episcopal Church	525	(14)		502	(14)		2	2
Salvation Army, The	377	(15)		50	(32)		1	2

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		81,607
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		47.7%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	40	(40 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	38,925	(35,849 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	83	(79 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Laramie 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.