Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Decatur, IL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	10,623	(1)		13,618	(1)		8	8
United Methodist Church, The	7,814	(2)		10,452	(2)		24	25
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	6,562	(3)		6,566	(3)		8	8
Southern Baptist Convention	5,543	(4)		4,522	(5)		14	12
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	4,831	(5)		5,250	(4)		9	9
Assemblies of God	3,668	(6)		1,520	(13)		5	4
Presbyterian Church (USA)	2,512	(7)		3,293	(7)		7	7
Church of the Nazarene	1,717	(8)		1,965	(9)		5	5
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	1,350	(9)		1,637	(11)		5	5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	1,319	(10)		2,141	(8)		3	3
Churches of God, General Conference	1,263	(11)		1,638	(10)		7	11
Salvation Army, The	1,030	(12)		203	(23)		1	1
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1,009	(13)		1,620	(12)		2	3
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	1,000	(14)		0	()		1	0
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches and other Fundamental Bapti	832	(15)		NA			3	NA

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		114,706
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		49.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	38	(34 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	57,146	(64,342 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	139	(134 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Macon County, IL
	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.