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

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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