Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Dothan, AL
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Southern Baptist Convention	54,142	(1)		48,545	(1)		82	88
United Methodist Church, The	11,648	(2)		11,532	(3)		45	47
Catholic Church, The	3,793	(3)		3,367	(5)		3	3
Assemblies of God	3,464	(4)		3,817	(4)		27	27
National Association of Free Will Baptists	2,486	(5)		2,988	(6)		17	17
Churches of Christ	1,732	(6)		1,440	(7)		12	11
Presbyterian Church in America	1,159	(7)		1,159	(8)		3	4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	1,030	(8)		976	(9)		3	2
Episcopal Church	671	(9)		769	(10)		2	2
Seventh-day Adventist Church	568	(10)		495	(11)		4	3
Independent, Charismatic Churches	500	(11)		350	(12)		1	1
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	381	(12)		298	(16)		2	2
Presbyterian Church (USA)	378	(13)		344	(13)		3	3
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	368	(14)		332	(15)		6	4
Church of the Nazarene	310	(15)		343	(14)		3	3

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		137,916
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		61.0%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	31	(29 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	84,106	(90,805 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	232	(234 in 1990)

The metro area included 2 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Dale County, AL; Houston County, AL
	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.