Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Elmira, NY
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 22,686 (1)   27,704 (1)   12 12
United Methodist Church, The 5,707 (2)   7,732 (2)   21 22
American Baptist Churches in the USA 2,092 (3)   1,822 (4)   6 6
Presbyterian Church (USA) 1,919 (4)   2,436 (3)   6 6
Assemblies of God 1,640 (5)   1,204 (7)   5 4
Episcopal Church 1,464 (6)   1,655 (5)   6 6
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 1,080 (7)   1,474 (6)   3 3
United Church of Christ 746 (8)   1,201 (8)   2 2
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 717 (9)   NA     4 NA
Wesleyan Church, The 708 (10)   997 (11)   3 5
Jewish Estimate 650 (11)   1,100 (9)   2 2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The 621 (12)   449 (16)   2 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 455 (13)   526 (14)   1 1
Seventh-day Adventist Church 378 (14)   353 (17)   3 1
Church of the Nazarene 309 (15)   533 (13)   3 3

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   91,070
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  46.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 27 (27 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 42,608 (52,282 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 93 (89 in 1990)

The metro area included 1 county (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Chemung 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.