Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Columbia, MO
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	15,602	(1)		13,102	(1)		27	26
Catholic Church, The	9,463	(2)		11,720	(2)		5	4
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	6,118	(3)		4,829	(4)		12	12
United Methodist Church, The	5,432	(4)		5,805	(3)		14	13
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,931	(5)		1,360	(8)		4	3
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	1,733	(6)		820	(16)		5	4
Assemblies of God	1,639	(7)		1,241	(10)		5	5
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,291	(8)		1,428	(7)		3	2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,257	(9)		943	(11)		4	4
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,195	(10)		1,333	(9)		2	2
United Church of Christ	1,076	(11)		931	(12)		2	2
Independent, Charismatic Churches	1,000	(12)		1,600	(6)		1	2
Episcopal Church	927	(13)		855	(14)		2	2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	861	(14)		919	(13)		2	3
Muslims Estimate	850	(15)		NA			1	NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		135,454
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		40.9%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	42	(33 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	55,453	(52,957 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	129	(107 in 1990)

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