Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Denver, CO (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 385,214 (1)   241,192 (1)   79 73
Jewish Estimate 53,500 (2)   39,514 (2)   24 17
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 38,317 (3)   30,908 (5)   97 73
Southern Baptist Convention 32,623 (4)   29,203 (6)   60 43
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 32,446 (5)   30,959 (4)   50 51
Independent, Charismatic Churches 31,700 (6)   17,175 (11)   8 12
United Methodist Church, The 29,548 (7)   35,012 (3)   57 56
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 22,299 (8)   22,995 (8)   38 36
Episcopal Church 17,150 (9)   20,114 (9)   37 39
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 16,720 (10)   19,277 (10)   42 43
American Baptist Churches in the USA 13,812 (11)   13,538 (13)   28 29
Evangelical Presbyterian Church 13,754 (12)   8,482 (15)   16 9
Assemblies of God 12,809 (13)   13,637 (12)   46 37
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches 8,530 (14)   10,225 (14)   8 16
United Church of Christ 7,884 (15)   7,912 (16)   26 27

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   2,109,282
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups: 		  38.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 77 (67 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 817,423 (626,015 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 1,074 (886 in 1990)

The metro area included 5 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Adams County, CO; Arapahoe County, CO; Denver County, CO; Douglas County, CO; Jefferson County, CO
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.