Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 70,855 (1)   77,238 (1)   38 40
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 25,633 (2)   26,556 (2)   34 34
United Methodist Church, The 16,814 (3)   20,930 (3)   47 48
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 12,201 (4)   12,379 (4)   17 17
Presbyterian Church (USA) 8,459 (5)   10,588 (5)   24 26
United Church of Christ 4,642 (6)   5,745 (7)   12 12
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada 4,428 (7)   4,890 (8)   7 7
American Baptist Churches in the USA 4,233 (8)   3,963 (10)   12 11
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 3,697 (9)   4,447 (9)   5 5
Assemblies of God 3,354 (10)   2,432 (12)   15 16
Wesleyan Church, The 3,018 (11)   477 (24)   1 1
Episcopal Church 2,652 (12)   1,624 (16)   8 3
Southern Baptist Convention 2,575 (13)   3,472 (11)   13 11
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 2,203 (14)   1,841 (13)   9 8
Evangelical Free Church of America, The 1,862 (15)   1,591 (17)   8 6

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   359,062
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups: 		  50.5%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 48 (45 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 181,492 (197,606 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 340 (330 in 1990)

The metro area included 3 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Henry County, IL; Rock Island County, IL; Scott County, IA
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.