Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Dubuque, IA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	57,829	(1)		49,669	(1)		30	31
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	3,521	(2)		3,115	(2)		7	8
United Methodist Church, The	2,095	(3)		2,106	(3)		7	7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,531	(4)		1,398	(6)		3	3
Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,322	(5)		1,681	(4)		4	5
United Church of Christ	1,231	(6)		1,553	(5)		5	4
Salvation Army, The	517	(7)		113	(11)		1	1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	444	(8)		248	(9)		1	1
Episcopal Church	286	(9)		370	(7)		1	1
Southern Baptist Convention	208	(10)		103	(12)		2	2
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	201	(11)		225	(10)		2	1
Assemblies of God	100	(12)		50	(16)		1	1
Jewish Estimate	90	(13)		NR			1	1
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	81	(14)		NR			1	1
Church of the Nazarene	79	(15)		98	(13)		1	1

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		89,143
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		78.3%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	21	(23 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	69,794	(61,248 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	72	(77 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	Dubuque County, IA
	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.