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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Columbus, OH |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 197,702 | (1) | 136,551 | (1) | 73 | 71 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 78,927 | (2) | 89,638 | (2) | 212 | 225 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 41,606 | (3) | 39,624 | (4) | 79 | 79 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 32,799 | (4) | 31,009 | (5) | 60 | 63 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (USA) | 25,189 | (5) | 29,725 | (6) | 65 | 64 | ||
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 20,159 | (6) | 19,128 | (7) | 55 | 59 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 16,543 | (7) | 16,999 | (8) | 49 | 42 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 15,650 | (8) | 15,073 | (9) | 12 | 12 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 13,392 | (9) | 14,202 | (10) | 26 | 27 | ||
| Vineyard USA | 12,721 | (10) | NA | 8 | NA | |||
| Church of the Nazarene | 11,913 | (11) | 11,266 | (11) | 48 | 47 | ||
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada | 9,644 | (12) | 4,248 | (19) | 15 | 14 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 7,650 | (13) | 8,411 | (12) | 21 | 19 | ||
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The | 7,590 | (14) | 5,438 | (15) | 21 | 14 | ||
| Muslims Estimate | 6,150 | (15) | NA | 3 | NA | |||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 1,540,157 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
36.5% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 78 | (69 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 562,590 | (538,512 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 1,114 | (1,059 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 6 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Delaware County, OH; Fairfield County, OH; Franklin County, OH; Licking County, OH; Madison County, OH; Pickaway 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. |