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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CMSA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 855,680 | (1) | 768,487 | (1) | 970 | 700 | ||
| Catholic Church, The | 808,167 | (2) | 363,085 | (2) | 113 | 97 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 294,185 | (3) | 262,234 | (3) | 325 | 328 | ||
| Churches of Christ | 104,031 | (4) | 105,395 | (5) | 357 | 368 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 76,348 | (5) | 62,833 | (6) | 60 | 80 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 68,879 | (6) | 59,078 | (7) | 267 | 243 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 50,882 | (7) | 47,606 | (9) | 86 | 87 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 50,075 | (8) | 39,000 | (12) | 24 | 15 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (USA) | 49,707 | (9) | 57,309 | (8) | 103 | 114 | ||
| Muslims Estimate | 48,366 | (10) | NA | 28 | NA | |||
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada | 44,802 | (11) | 41,962 | (10) | 102 | 102 | ||
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The | 40,380 | (12) | 28,992 | (14) | 107 | 77 | ||
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | 35,966 | (13) | 36,843 | (13) | 102 | 101 | ||
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 26,730 | (14) | 24,940 | (15) | 50 | 50 | ||
| Independent, Charismatic Churches | 26,275 | (15) | 39,335 | (11) | 18 | 38 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 5,221,801 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
52.3% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 75 | (65 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 2,730,655 | (2,277,675 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 3,375 | (2,917 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 12 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; Hood County, TX; Hunt County, TX; Johnson County, TX; Kaufman County, TX; Parker County, TX; Rockwall County, TX; Tarrant 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. |