Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Daytona Beach, FL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	77,955	(1)		46,213	(1)		20	17
Southern Baptist Convention	32,625	(2)		28,316	(2)		55	47
United Methodist Church, The	15,494	(3)		13,777	(3)		27	28
Jewish Estimate	7,700	(4)		2,500	(11)		4	3
Episcopal Church	6,114	(5)		5,723	(6)		13	12
Presbyterian Church (USA)	5,908	(6)		6,334	(5)		15	14
Assemblies of God	5,480	(7)		4,209	(7)		12	10
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	3,768	(8)		3,432	(8)		9	9
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	2,783	(9)		1,393	(18)		16	13
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	2,575	(10)		1,928	(12)		8	6
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	2,515	(11)		1,793	(14)		6	5
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	2,504	(12)		1,850	(13)		9	8
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	2,448	(13)		2,502	(10)		10	9
United Church of Christ	2,198	(14)		2,710	(9)		10	10
Churches of Christ	1,591	(15)		1,737	(15)		14	12

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		493,175
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		37.2%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	51	(46 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	183,654	(145,641 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	324	(278 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Flagler County, FL; Volusia County, FL
	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.