Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Dutchess County, NY (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	120,378	(1)		105,628	(1)		24	24
United Methodist Church, The	6,655	(2)		8,690	(2)		22	24
Reformed Church in America	5,106	(3)		5,185	(4)		11	11
Episcopal Church	4,575	(4)		4,887	(5)		23	24
Assemblies of God	3,622	(5)		2,059	(10)		6	4
Jewish Estimate	3,600	(6)		6,605	(3)		4	6
Muslim Estimate	3,331	(7)		NA			3	NA
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	2,849	(8)		3,844	(7)		13	14
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	2,232	(9)		2,833	(8)		5	6
American Baptist Churches in the USA	1,574	(10)		2,373	(9)		8	11
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,452	(11)		1,237	(12)		4	4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	881	(12)		557	(14)		3	2
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	789	(13)		NR			1	1
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	719	(14)		637	(13)		3	4
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	700	(15)		0	()		1	0

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		280,150
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		58.3%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	39	(33 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	163,204	(153,674 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	171	(165 in 1990)

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