Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Chico-Paradise, CA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 19,483 (1)   15,382 (1)   6 8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 7,172 (2)   7,066 (2)   16 19
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The 4,287 (3)   3,789 (3)   7 6
Seventh-day Adventist Church 3,094 (4)   3,421 (4)   7 6
Southern Baptist Convention 1,982 (5)   2,407 (6)   10 9
United Methodist Church, The 1,801 (6)   2,117 (7)   7 7
Assemblies of God 1,717 (7)   2,453 (5)   14 13
Evangelical Free Church of America, The 1,575 (8)   1,242 (11)   5 4
Presbyterian Church (USA) 1,234 (9)   1,320 (9)   3 3
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 1,191 (10)   1,439 (8)   4 4
Episcopal Church 1,105 (11)   1,266 (10)   4 4
Church of the Nazarene 1,099 (12)   943 (13)   4 4
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 1,078 (13)   1,004 (12)   2 2
American Baptist Churches in the USA 927 (14)   755 (14)   3 3
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada 829 (15)   735 (15)   2 2

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   203,171
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  27.4%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 45 (36 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 55,651 (50,082 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 152 (137 in 1990)

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