Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies San Diego, CA
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	829,933	(1)		413,025	(1)		105	105
Jewish Estimate	70,000	(2)		70,000	(2)		29	17
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	46,268	(3)		46,863	(3)		117	112
Southern Baptist Convention	27,228	(4)		30,304	(5)		104	73
Presbyterian Church (USA)	24,008	(5)		25,199	(7)		31	31
United Methodist Church, The	20,799	(6)		24,197	(8)		43	46
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	17,873	(7)		18,687	(9)		39	37
Assemblies of God	16,770	(8)		15,982	(11)		72	59
Episcopal Church	16,284	(9)		17,742	(10)		38	39
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	15,580	(10)		26,630	(6)		16	17
Wesleyan Church, The	15,440	(11)		8,924	(16)		10	11
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	13,271	(12)		14,789	(12)		38	36
Seventh-day Adventist Church	11,840	(13)		12,846	(14)		33	31
Muslims Estimate	7,878	(14)		NA			6	NA
Baptist General Conference	7,660	(15)		7,691	(19)		21	17

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		2,813,833
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		43.7%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	86	(66 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	1,230,063	(858,051 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	1,179	(1,013 in 1990)

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