Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies El Paso, TX
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	349,866	(1)		393,500	(1)		57	49
Southern Baptist Convention	24,609	(2)		30,119	(2)		51	52
United Methodist Church, The	8,776	(3)		12,136	(3)		22	22
Assemblies of God	6,323	(4)		5,079	(6)		27	23
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	5,662	(5)		5,978	(5)		16	14
Jewish Estimate	5,000	(6)		4,900	(7)		2	2
Church of the Nazarene	4,106	(7)		1,092	(17)		8	6
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	3,450	(8)		1,600	(14)		2	4
Episcopal Church	2,865	(9)		3,540	(9)		7	8
Presbyterian Church (USA)	2,565	(10)		3,839	(8)		10	11
Churches of Christ	2,216	(11)		2,162	(11)		15	11
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	1,700	(12)		1,718	(12)		6	5
Independent, Charismatic Churches	1,400	(13)		3,450	(10)		2	6
Salvation Army, The	1,384	(14)		255	(23)		2	2
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1,234	(15)		1,635	(13)		7	6

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		679,622
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		63.4%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	45	(37 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	431,115	(486,969 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	300	(278 in 1990)

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