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.