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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH (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 | 711,330 | (1) | 754,778 | (1) | 244 | 243 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 81,805 | (2) | 65,850 | (4) | 44 | 55 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 65,060 | (3) | 68,438 | (3) | 147 | 149 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 37,219 | (4) | 46,202 | (5) | 95 | 105 | ||
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 34,738 | (5) | 36,314 | (7) | 73 | 73 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 33,201 | (6) | 36,989 | (6) | 70 | 73 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 27,932 | (7) | 33,308 | (8) | 53 | 62 | ||
| Muslim Estimate | 20,454 | (8) | NA | 15 | NA | |||
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 20,009 | (9) | 24,343 | (9) | 56 | 58 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 17,308 | (10) | 17,693 | (11) | 57 | 56 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 13,729 | (11) | 16,574 | (13) | 40 | 42 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 13,599 | (12) | 19,413 | (10) | 57 | 44 | ||
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 13,361 | (13) | 12,979 | (14) | 36 | 39 | ||
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | 10,115 | (14) | NA | 41 | NA | |||
| Church of the Nazarene | 8,812 | (15) | 7,200 | (16) | 28 | 32 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 2,250,871 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
53.3% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 180 | (72 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 1,200,037 | (1,352,649 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 1,511 | (1,448 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 6 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; | |
| 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. |