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Top 15 Reporting Religious
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Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA (CMSA)
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| Church, Christian, or
Religious Body |
Adherents (and rank) |
Congregations |
| in 2000 |
in 1990 |
in 2000 |
in 1990 |
| Catholic Church, The |
5,688,881 |
(1) |
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4,231,735 |
(1) |
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473 |
452 |
| Jewish Estimate |
662,450 |
(2) |
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622,595 |
(2) |
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254 |
184 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The
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233,280 |
(3) |
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236,707 |
(4) |
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577 |
590 |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
223,947 |
(4) |
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229,145 |
(5) |
|
538 |
391 |
| Muslims Estimate |
155,494 |
(5) |
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NA |
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77 |
NA |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
149,950 |
(6) |
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78,500 |
(13) |
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40 |
64 |
| Assemblies of God |
111,815 |
(7) |
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94,143 |
(10) |
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469 |
416 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
102,282 |
(8) |
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110,970 |
(8) |
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225 |
211 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
96,355 |
(9) |
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102,669 |
(9) |
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285 |
288 |
| Presbyterian Church (USA) |
96,228 |
(10) |
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112,555 |
(7) |
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252 |
248 |
| United Methodist Church, The |
91,086 |
(11) |
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119,766 |
(6) |
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287 |
295 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
75,689 |
(12) |
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87,651 |
(11) |
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197 |
214 |
| Episcopal Church |
73,424 |
(13) |
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77,660 |
(14) |
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148 |
151 |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
72,015 |
(14) |
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70,595 |
(15) |
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48 |
59 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
69,487 |
(15) |
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81,440 |
(12) |
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350 |
314 |