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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN (CMSA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 410,541 | (1) | 425,673 | (1) | 172 | 186 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 110,904 | (2) | 110,401 | (2) | 240 | 237 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 67,517 | (3) | 77,409 | (3) | 209 | 215 | ||
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 41,092 | (4) | 39,077 | (5) | 119 | 116 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (USA) | 30,660 | (5) | 38,364 | (6) | 92 | 99 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 23,950 | (6) | 23,900 | (7) | 24 | 25 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 16,665 | (7) | 19,263 | (9) | 42 | 41 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 16,308 | (8) | 14,706 | (11) | 42 | 42 | ||
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 16,052 | (9) | 11,925 | (14) | 56 | 54 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 13,598 | (10) | 19,407 | (8) | 48 | 59 | ||
| Church of the Nazarene | 13,088 | (11) | 15,708 | (10) | 62 | 63 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 12,463 | (12) | 12,899 | (12) | 36 | 37 | ||
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada | 11,784 | (13) | 11,353 | (15) | 44 | 44 | ||
| Independent, Charismatic Churches | 11,471 | (14) | 2,105 | (24) | 8 | 5 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 10,950 | (15) | 11,961 | (13) | 10 | 15 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 1,979,202 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
44.7% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 75 | (60 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 884,053 | (965,113 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 1,560 | (1,577 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 13 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; Butler 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. |