Top 25 US Religions

National Council of Churches' Yearbook (2005)

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1. The Catholic Church

 67,259,768

2. Southern Baptist Convention

 16,439,603

 3. The United Methodist Church

8,251,175

 4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 5,503,192

 5. The Church of God in Christ

 5,449,875

 6. National Baptist Convention

 5,000,000

 7. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

 4,984,925

 8. National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.

 3,500,000

 9. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

 3,241,309

 10. Assemblies of God

 2,729,562

 11. African Methodist Episcopal Church

 2,500,000

 12. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America

 2,500,000

 13. Progressive National Baptist Convention

 2,500,000

 14. The Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod

 2,488,936

 15. Episcopal Church

 2,320,221

 16. Churches of Christ

 1,500,000

 17. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

 1,500,000

 18. Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.

 1,500,000

 19. American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.

 1,433,075

 20. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

 1,432,795

 21. United Church of Christ

 1,296,562

 22. Baptist Bible Fellowship International

 1,200,000

 23. Christian Churches and Churches of Christ

 1,071,616

 24. Jehovah's Witnesses

 1,041,030

 25. The Orthodox Church in America

 1,000,000

 

Total Baptists: 32,572,678

Total Methodists: 12,183,970

Total Lutherans: 7,473,861

Therefore, LDS would be 5th largest in the USA.