Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Orange County, CA (PMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	779,647	(1)		503,628	(1)		61	60
Jewish Estimate	60,000	(2)		95,000	(2)		28	22
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	48,776	(3)		49,608	(3)		115	115
Independent, Charismatic Churches	43,100	(4)		33,950	(4)		13	15
Muslim Estimate	39,583	(5)		NA			16	NA
Southern Baptist Convention	32,652	(6)		26,956	(5)		77	46
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	25,740	(7)		26,573	(6)		38	36
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	22,490	(8)		26,555	(7)		12	20
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	22,140	(9)		23,091	(8)		37	38
Assemblies of God	21,198	(10)		15,426	(12)		71	53
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	19,073	(11)		19,374	(10)		30	30
United Methodist Church, The	15,757	(12)		22,240	(9)		43	45
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	14,973	(13)		13,807	(13)		22	16
Reformed Church in America	14,911	(14)		16,850	(11)		5	7
Episcopal Church	12,652	(15)		13,078	(14)		22	22

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		2,846,289
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		44.8%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	74	(63 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	1,274,591	(968,040 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	1,085	(859 in 1990)

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