Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO (CMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 470,583 (1)   293,483 (1)   105 98
Jewish Estimate 66,700 (2)   45,416 (3)   30 19
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 46,494 (3)   36,867 (5)   118 88
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 44,912 (4)   41,238 (4)   68 68
United Methodist Church, The 38,169 (5)   45,726 (2)   83 81
Southern Baptist Convention 37,103 (6)   34,369 (6)   78 60
Independent, Charismatic Churches 34,000 (7)   19,950 (11)   10 16
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 27,023 (8)   28,263 (7)   54 50
Presbyterian Church (USA) 23,325 (9)   26,516 (8)   55 58
Episcopal Church 21,390 (10)   24,580 (10)   46 49
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches 16,155 (11)   11,475 (15)   10 19
Assemblies of God 16,120 (12)   15,967 (12)   68 56
American Baptist Churches in the USA 14,904 (13)   15,458 (13)   33 35
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 13,881 (14)   7,972 (19)   28 28
Evangelical Presbyterian Church 13,754 (15)   8,482 (18)   16 9

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   2,581,506
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups: 		  39.6%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 78 (68 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 1,021,488 (766,743 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 1,435 (1,177 in 1990)

The metro area included 7 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Adams County, CO; Arapahoe County, CO; Boulder County, CO; Denver County, CO; Douglas County, CO; Jefferson County, CO; Weld 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.