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Every Nation - Rankings by Area (Metro-Areas) [Counties] [States]

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Using data from the 1980-2020 U.S. Religion Census, this list ranks U.S. Metro-Areas on the highest number of Every Nation congregations. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings.


Rank
2020
Metro-Area Congregations 2020
1 Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area 9
2 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area 6
3 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area 5
4 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area 4
5 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area 3
5 Midland, TX Metro Area 3
5 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area 3
5 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area 3
5 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area 3
10 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area 2
10 Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI Metro Area 2
10 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area 2
10 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area 2
10 Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area 2
10 Tallahassee, FL Metro Area 2
16 Abilene, TX Metro Area 1
16 Albuquerque, NM Metro Area 1
16 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area 1
16 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area 1
16 Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area 1
16 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area 1
16 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area 1
16 Charlottesville, VA Metro Area 1
16 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area 1
16 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area 1
16 Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area 1
16 Corvallis, OR Metro Area 1
16 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area 1
16 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area 1
16 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area 1
16 Eugene-Springfield, OR Metro Area 1
16 Greenville, NC Metro Area 1
16 Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area 1
16 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area 1
16 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area 1
16 Jacksonville, FL Metro Area 1
16 Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area 1
16 Lubbock, TX Metro Area 1
16 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area 1
16 Odessa, TX Metro Area 1
16 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area 1
16 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area 1
16 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area 1
16 Reno, NV Metro Area 1
16 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area 1
16 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area 1
16 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area 1
16 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area 1
16 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area 1
     

Note that data collection methods for religious bodies change over time, affecting the comparability of statistics. For further information, see the U.S. Religion Census website at https://www.usreligioncensus.org/.

The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 373 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 156.

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