Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Cumberland, MD-WV
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	15,534	(1)		12,910	(2)		13	11
United Methodist Church, The	15,343	(2)		18,172	(1)		72	78
Assemblies of God	4,244	(3)		4,179	(4)		18	19
Southern Baptist Convention	3,765	(4)		4,580	(3)		18	16
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	3,471	(5)		3,734	(5)		7	7
Church of the Brethren	2,114	(6)		1,925	(7)		15	11
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,572	(7)		2,058	(6)		10	10
Episcopal Church	1,118	(8)		1,673	(8)		6	7
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	1,025	(9)		971	(9)		4	5
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	985	(10)		911	(10)		2	2
Church of the Nazarene	628	(11)		806	(13)		4	4
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	466	(12)		379	(16)		4	4
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	454	(13)		NA			3	NA
United Church of Christ	438	(14)		810	(12)		6	7
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	339	(15)		205	(19)		2	2

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		102,008
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		52.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	33	(37 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	53,857	(57,169 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	205	(211 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Allegany County, MD; Mineral County, WV
	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.