Evangelical Lutheran Church in America States (1980)

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Using data from the 1980 Churches and Church Membership Study, this list ranks U.S. states on the highest total number of adherents and the highest percent of the population in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings. Most historically African American denominations are not included in the 1980 congregation and membership totals.

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services.

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Complete List

Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
44	Alabama	4,689	0.1
17	Alaska	6,623	1.7
21	Arizona	37,874	1.4
44	Arkansas	2,750	0.1
28	California	205,831	0.9
15	Colorado	54,680	1.9
24	Connecticut	40,896	1.3
24	Delaware	7,822	1.3
30	Florida	64,998	0.8
35	Georgia	23,338	0.4
41	Hawaii	1,861	0.2
22	Idaho	12,661	1.3
12	Illinois	319,552	2.8
19	Indiana	85,694	1.6
5	Iowa	284,695	9.8
13	Kansas	46,125	2.0
38	Kentucky	10,124	0.3
43	Louisiana	5,617	0.1
42	Maine	1,704	0.2
11	Maryland	120,339	2.9
34	Massachusetts	30,502	0.5
14	Michigan	179,120	1.9
2	Minnesota	788,386	19.3
45	Mississippi	1,632	0.1
32	Missouri	28,769	0.6
7	Montana	52,862	6.7
6	Nebraska	132,346	8.4
32	Nevada	4,728	0.6
40	New Hampshire	2,004	0.2
23	New Jersey	97,756	1.3
31	New Mexico	9,237	0.7
25	New York	215,026	1.2
20	North Carolina	87,790	1.5
1	North Dakota	178,626	27.4
9	Ohio	357,786	3.3
37	Oklahoma	9,431	0.3
14	Oregon	50,701	1.9
8	Pennsylvania	766,707	6.5
33	Rhode Island	5,229	0.6
16	South Carolina	57,322	1.8
3	South Dakota	116,815	16.9
36	Tennessee	14,767	0.3
27	Texas	144,104	1.0
38	Utah	4,149	0.3
39	Vermont	1,353	0.3
26	Virginia	60,435	1.1
10	Washington	130,918	3.2
29	West Virginia	16,794	0.9
4	Wisconsin	469,322	10.0
18	Wyoming	7,700	1.6

Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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