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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Detroit, MI (PMSA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 1,094,126 | (1) | 1,536,677 | (1) | 330 | 344 | ||
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 96,386 | (2) | 104,935 | (3) | 132 | 135 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 94,000 | (3) | 91,520 | (4) | 43 | 44 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 65,095 | (4) | 70,482 | (5) | 182 | 194 | ||
| Muslim Estimate | 61,338 | (5) | NA | 34 | NA | |||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 58,682 | (6) | 63,135 | (6) | 118 | 129 | ||
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 44,093 | (7) | 58,040 | (7) | 88 | 94 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 32,611 | (8) | 34,131 | (9) | 53 | 58 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 28,555 | (9) | 20,123 | (13) | 86 | 71 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 26,971 | (10) | 29,454 | (11) | 107 | 98 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 24,836 | (11) | 32,987 | (10) | 83 | 87 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 20,800 | (12) | 13,175 | (16) | 23 | 18 | ||
| Churches of Christ | 16,191 | (13) | 18,101 | (14) | 82 | 81 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 15,581 | (14) | 21,819 | (12) | 42 | 47 | ||
| Independent, Charismatic Churches | 14,950 | (15) | 15,000 | (15) | 9 | 11 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 4,441,551 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
42.4% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 96 | (80 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 1,881,673 | (2,526,884 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 2,068 | (2,002 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 6 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Lapeer County, MI; Macomb County, MI; Monroe County, MI; Oakland County, MI; St. Clair County, MI; Wayne County, MI | |
| 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. |