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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (PMSA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 367,151 | (1) | 386,563 | (1) | 159 | 172 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 90,011 | (2) | 93,244 | (2) | 200 | 195 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 58,118 | (3) | 66,362 | (3) | 184 | 191 | ||
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 37,119 | (4) | 38,016 | (5) | 107 | 109 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 25,770 | (5) | 32,418 | (6) | 76 | 84 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 23,050 | (6) | 23,000 | (7) | 22 | 24 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 13,256 | (7) | 15,923 | (9) | 37 | 37 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 12,005 | (8) | 11,009 | (12) | 33 | 33 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 11,632 | (9) | 16,696 | (8) | 43 | 54 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 11,008 | (10) | 11,264 | (11) | 32 | 33 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 10,950 | (11) | 10,911 | (13) | 10 | 12 | ||
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 10,198 | (12) | 10,020 | (14) | 41 | 40 | ||
| Vineyard USA | 9,964 | (13) | NA | 8 | NA | |||
| Church of the Nazarene | 9,445 | (14) | 11,433 | (10) | 51 | 52 | ||
| Independent, Charismatic Churches | 7,675 | (15) | 2,105 | (23) | 4 | 5 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 1,646,395 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
45.9% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 68 | (58 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 755,247 | (846,364 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 1,317 | (1,346 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 12 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Dearborn County, IN; Ohio County, IN; Boone County, KY; Campbell County, KY; Gallatin County, KY; Grant County, KY; Kenton County, KY; Pendleton County, KY; Brown County, OH; Clermont County, OH; Hamilton County, OH; Warren County, OH | |
| 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. |