Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY
Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 48,557 (1)   45,395 (1)   30 31
Southern Baptist Convention 39,593 (2)   39,877 (2)   58 58
United Methodist Church, The 16,498 (3)   18,912 (3)   56 57
United Church of Christ 11,089 (4)   12,531 (4)   26 26
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 5,137 (5)   3,257 (8)   11 10
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod 3,727 (6)   3,945 (6)   10 10
Assemblies of God 3,029 (7)   3,054 (9)   14 13
Presbyterian Church (USA) 2,435 (8)   3,860 (7)   13 14
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada 2,202 (9)   2,153 (12)   7 8
American Baptist Churches in the USA 2,148 (10)   2,450 (10)   6 6
Church of the Nazarene 2,017 (11)   2,076 (13)   12 16
Churches of Christ 1,960 (12)   1,852 (15)   11 10
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 1,507 (13)   2,054 (14)   7 8
Wesleyan Church, The 1,195 (14)   2,185 (11)   5 4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 1,194 (15)   864 (20)   4 4

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   296,195
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups: 		  50.4%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 43 (36 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 149,331 (157,819 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 320 (320 in 1990)

The metro area included 4 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
  Posey County, IN; Vanderburgh County, IN; Warrick County, IN; Henderson County, KY
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.