Editing Adair County, Iowa (section)

===Religion===
{{as of|2000}}, 67.9% of the population (5,597) had a declared religious affiliation, in every case Christian. The leading religious denomination was the [[United Methodist Church]], with 23.6% of the population (1,944 members); second was the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]], with 15.4% (1,268 members); third was the [[Roman Catholic]] church, with 12% of the population (1,003 members); and fourth was the [[Evangelical Lutheran]] church, with 11.8% of the population (978 members).<ref>{{cite web|title=Religious Congregations & Membership: 2000 |publisher=Glenmary Research Center |url=http://www.glenmary.org/grc/RCMS_2000/maps/Largest_Group.jpg |format=jpg |access-date=April 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214184746/http://www.glenmary.org/grc/RCMS_2000/maps/Largest_Group.jpg |archive-date=December 14, 2006 }}</ref>