Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Corpus Christi, TX
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 107,047 (1)   150,660 (1)   50 47
Southern Baptist Convention 52,429 (2)   58,255 (2)   85 72
United Methodist Church, The 15,115 (3)   15,738 (3)   27 27
Assemblies of God 5,681 (4)   3,894 (7)   23 22
Churches of Christ 4,875 (5)   4,890 (5)   33 36
Episcopal Church 3,745 (6)   4,404 (6)   10 10
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 2,924 (7)   2,565 (10)   9 8
Presbyterian Church (USA) 2,867 (8)   3,512 (8)   15 14
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2,359 (9)   3,065 (9)   9 11
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 2,314 (10)   2,473 (11)   8 9
Independent, Charismatic Churches 2,200 (11)   900 (15)   2 2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada 1,888 (12)   2,095 (12)   7 8
Salvation Army, The 1,510 (13)   211 (21)   1 1
Jewish Estimate 1,400 (14)   1,400 (13)   1 2
Seventh-day Adventist Church 634 (15)   461 (17)   3 5

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   380,783
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  55.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 42 (36 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 212,554 (264,593 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 335 (316 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Nueces County, TX; San Patricio County, TX
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.