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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Dallas, TX (PMSA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 631,498 | (1) | 260,847 | (2) | 78 | 66 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 515,735 | (2) | 470,000 | (1) | 595 | 432 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 177,971 | (3) | 164,526 | (4) | 215 | 219 | ||
| Churches of Christ | 65,725 | (4) | 66,529 | (5) | 224 | 235 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 46,329 | (5) | 36,802 | (8) | 183 | 162 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 45,075 | (6) | 34,000 | (9) | 21 | 11 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 40,538 | (7) | 43,736 | (6) | 37 | 47 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 36,459 | (8) | 43,224 | (7) | 72 | 83 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 35,591 | (9) | 33,069 | (10) | 56 | 58 | ||
| Muslim Estimate | 34,069 | (10) | NA | 19 | NA | |||
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | 31,228 | (11) | 32,927 | (11) | 87 | 87 | ||
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The | 27,002 | (12) | 19,285 | (14) | 72 | 50 | ||
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 25,531 | (13) | 26,431 | (13) | 71 | 75 | ||
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 16,424 | (14) | 14,718 | (16) | 32 | 32 | ||
| Independent, Charismatic Churches | 16,275 | (15) | 26,975 | (12) | 8 | 23 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 3,519,176 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
52.4% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 71 | (61 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 1,845,033 | (1,514,456 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 2,232 | (1,926 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 8 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Collin County, TX; Dallas County, TX; Denton County, TX; Ellis County, TX; Henderson County, TX; Hunt County, TX; Kaufman County, TX; Rockwall 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. |