Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Decatur, AL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	49,307	(1)		49,869	(1)		101	103
United Methodist Church, The	11,616	(2)		12,894	(2)		52	57
Churches of Christ	6,210	(3)		5,809	(4)		39	40
Catholic Church, The	2,849	(4)		2,411	(5)		3	2
Assemblies of God	2,323	(5)		1,794	(6)		5	4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	1,428	(6)		1,182	(8)		9	8
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,273	(7)		1,574	(7)		5	6
"Old" Missionary Baptists Associations	1,205	(8)		0	()		9	0
Episcopal Church	812	(9)		776	(9)		2	2
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	745	(10)		666	(13)		2	1
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	602	(11)		667	(12)		6	6
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	601	(12)		574	(14)		4	4
National Association of Free Will Baptists	581	(13)		674	(11)		4	4
Independent, Charismatic Churches	500	(14)		500	(16)		1	1
Church of the Nazarene	493	(15)		457	(17)		5	4

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		145,867
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		57.1%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	29	(27 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	83,247	(89,625 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	276	(268 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Lawrence County, AL; Morgan County, AL
	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.