Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Erie, PA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	103,333	(1)		95,190	(1)		42	44
United Methodist Church, The	16,084	(2)		17,026	(2)		46	45
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	12,395	(3)		13,701	(3)		24	25
Presbyterian Church (USA)	7,160	(4)		9,194	(4)		22	22
Assemblies of God	4,674	(5)		3,254	(7)		10	9
Salvation Army, The	4,066	(6)		305	(20)		2	2
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	3,426	(7)		2,556	(8)		11	10
American Baptist Churches in the USA	2,261	(8)		3,572	(5)		10	11
Episcopal Church	1,691	(9)		2,015	(9)		10	10
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	1,046	(10)		NA			8	NA
Church of the Nazarene	921	(11)		1,078	(11)		7	7
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	870	(12)		1,100	(10)		4	4
Jewish Estimate	850	(13)		800	(12)		2	2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	843	(14)		740	(13)		3	2
Baptist General Conference	830	(15)		693	(15)		3	3

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		280,843
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		58.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	48	(43 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	165,161	(159,848 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	260	(246 in 1990)

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