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Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (CMSA) |
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| Church, Christian, or Religious Body | Adherents (and rank) | Congregations | ||||||
| in 2000 | in 1990 | in 2000 | in 1990 | |||||
| Catholic Church, The | 1,249,547 | (1) | 1,667,860 | (1) | 392 | 402 | ||
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 118,284 | (2) | 125,176 | (3) | 171 | 175 | ||
| Jewish Estimate | 102,500 | (3) | 100,326 | (4) | 51 | 50 | ||
| United Methodist Church, The | 89,881 | (4) | 99,070 | (5) | 263 | 279 | ||
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 70,723 | (5) | 75,747 | (6) | 144 | 155 | ||
| Muslims Estimate | 68,394 | (6) | NA | 40 | NA | |||
| Presbyterian Church (USA) | 58,233 | (7) | 73,145 | (7) | 118 | 126 | ||
| Assemblies of God | 42,129 | (8) | 26,844 | (13) | 116 | 100 | ||
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 40,605 | (9) | 44,108 | (8) | 79 | 87 | ||
| Southern Baptist Convention | 40,162 | (10) | 44,065 | (9) | 151 | 139 | ||
| Episcopal Church | 31,387 | (11) | 40,630 | (11) | 104 | 109 | ||
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches | 29,425 | (12) | 19,475 | (15) | 34 | 28 | ||
| United Church of Christ | 22,278 | (13) | 30,493 | (12) | 61 | 67 | ||
| Churches of Christ | 21,078 | (14) | 22,867 | (14) | 104 | 104 | ||
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 16,848 | (15) | 14,900 | (17) | 57 | 60 | ||
| Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census: | 5,456,428 | |
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Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups: |
41.2% |
| National Average: 50.2% claimed |
| Reporting Groups (149 possible): | 103 | (84 of 133 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Adherents: | 2,248,511 | (2,887,936 in 1990) |
| Total Reported Congregations: | 2,795 | (2,685 in 1990) |
| The metro area included 10 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census: | |
| Genesee County, MI; Lapeer County, MI; Lenawee County, MI; Livingston County, MI; Macomb County, MI; Monroe County, MI; Oakland County, MI; St. Clair County, MI; Washtenaw 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. |