Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (CMSA)
Church, Christian, or Religious Body	Adherents (and rank)						Congregations
	in 2000			in 1990			in 2000	in 1990
Catholic Church, The	1,453,126	(1)		1,095,984	(1)		360	346
United Methodist Church, The	355,422	(2)		362,170	(3)		849	870
Jewish Estimate	276,445	(3)		270,740	(4)		136	118
Southern Baptist Convention	269,434	(4)		238,169	(5)		633	479
Muslims Estimate	157,714	(5)		NA			58	NA
Episcopal Church	138,328	(6)		136,638	(6)		298	299
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	129,334	(7)		129,615	(7)		249	252
American Baptist Churches in the USA	104,985	(8)		75,878	(9)		167	123
Presbyterian Church (USA)	78,754	(9)		80,691	(8)		218	211
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The	48,830	(10)		39,233	(11)		140	98
Seventh-day Adventist Church	38,838	(11)		31,954	(14)		136	93
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches	38,295	(12)		34,361	(13)		35	40
Assemblies of God	37,017	(13)		31,455	(15)		146	128
Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod	34,021	(14)		36,940	(12)		78	76
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	30,343	(15)		20,499	(18)		110	84

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:		7,608,070
Percent of Population Claimed by Reporting Groups:		45.2%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible):	102	(82 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents:	3,441,674	(3,229,219 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations:	4,806	(4,179 in 1990)

The metro area included 33 counties (or equivalent) at the time of the 2000 census:
	District of Columbia, DC; Anne Arundel County, MD; Baltimore County, MD; Calvert County, MD; Carroll County, MD; Charles County, MD; Frederick County, MD; Harford County, MD; Howard County, MD; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Queen Anne's County, MD; Washington County, MD; Baltimore city, MD; Arlington County, VA; Clarke County, VA; Culpeper County, VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; King George County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County, VA; Spotsylvania County, VA; Stafford County, VA; Warren County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA; Fredericksburg city, VA; Manassas city, VA; Manassas Park city, VA; Berkeley County, WV; Jefferson County, WV
	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.