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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Cleveland-Akron, OH (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 | 862,422 | (1) | 873,802 | (1) | 294 | 297 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 91,746 | (2) | 96,766 | (3) | 209 | 212 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 85,805 | (3) | 71,850 | (4) | 48 | 62 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 50,989 | (4) | 62,962 | (5) | 123 | 135 | ||
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 41,325 | (5) | 44,002 | (7) | 88 | 88 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 41,257 | (6) | 46,488 | (6) | 87 | 93 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 31,927 | (7) | 39,022 | (9) | 66 | 76 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 28,090 | (8) | 40,825 | (8) | 14 | 20 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (USA) | 26,176 | (9) | 32,834 | (10) | 73 | 75 | ||
| Muslims Estimate | 22,154 | (10) | NA | 17 | NA | |||
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada | 21,233 | (11) | 20,227 | (14) | 55 | 60 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 20,203 | (12) | 22,964 | (12) | 53 | 55 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 19,557 | (13) | 20,411 | (13) | 71 | 73 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 17,921 | (14) | 24,322 | (11) | 75 | 62 | ||
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | 12,767 | (15) | NA | 53 | NA | |||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 2,945,831 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
51.2% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 96 | (82 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 1,508,114 | (1,665,861 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 1,989 | (1,931 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 8 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Ashtabula County, OH; Cuyahoga County, OH; Geauga County, OH; Lake County, OH; Lorain County, OH; Medina County, OH; Portage County, OH; Summit 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. |