Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Corvallis, OR
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	5,257	(1)		4,634	(1)		3	2
United Methodist Church, The	1,243	(2)		1,475	(3)		4	4
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,239	(3)		1,175	(5)		3	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1,168	(4)		1,267	(4)		1	1
Conservative Baptist Association of America	1,142	(5)		NR			5	4
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,057	(6)		1,012	(8)		3	3
Assemblies of God	694	(7)		817	(9)		5	3
Episcopal Church	639	(8)		1,033	(7)		1	1
Church of the Nazarene	578	(9)		548	(11)		2	2
Southern Baptist Convention	572	(10)		1,055	(6)		2	3
Jewish Estimate	500	(11)		150	(20)		1	0
United Church of Christ	427	(12)		420	(13)		1	1
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	392	(13)		358	(15)		2	2
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	372	(14)		505	(12)		1	1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations	328	(15)		589	(10)		1	1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		78,153
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		22.6%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	31	(33 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	17,684	(19,407 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	59	(57 in 1990)

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