Top 15 Reporting Religious Bodies
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (PMSA)

 

Church, Christian, or Religious Body Adherents (and rank) Congregations
in 2000 in 1990 in 2000 in 1990
Catholic Church, The 3,806,377 (1)   3,077,114 (1)   278 272
Jewish Estimate 564,700 (2)   501,700 (2)   202 145
Southern Baptist Convention 111,634 (3)   128,895 (4)   312 226
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The 97,347 (4)   103,286 (5)   239 271
Muslim Estimate 92,919 (5)   NA     48 NA
American Baptist Churches in the USA 73,217 (6)   76,010 (6)   211 202
Independent, Charismatic Churches 71,500 (7)   34,565 (14)   11 30
Assemblies of God 64,327 (8)   55,107 (10)   260 231
United Methodist Church, The 54,676 (9)   70,590 (7)   177 186
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 52,362 (10)   65,280 (8)   225 231
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 52,125 (11)   64,168 (9)   167 170
Seventh-day Adventist Church 48,495 (12)   54,514 (11)   121 123
Episcopal Church 46,304 (13)   50,674 (12)   84 85
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 32,408 (14)   43,542 (13)   116 132
Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches 25,320 (15)   32,970 (15)   16 22

Metropolitan Population, 2000 Census:   9,519,338
Percent of Population Claimed by
Reporting Groups:
  58.1%

National Average: 50.2% claimed

Reporting Groups (149 possible): 102 (83 of 133 in 1990)
Total Reported Adherents: 5,528,814 (4,879,355 in 1990)
Total Reported Congregations: 4,044 (3,536 in 1990)

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