Presbyterian Church (USA) States (2000)

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Using data from the 2000 Religious Congregations and Membership Study, this list ranks U.S. states on the highest total number of adherents and the highest percent of the population in the Presbyterian Church (USA). You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals.

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

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Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
30	Alabama	34,551	0.8
23	Alaska	6,311	1.0
35	Arizona	33,554	0.7
25	Arkansas	25,345	1.0
34	California	229,918	0.7
19	Colorado	46,454	1.1
40	Connecticut	8,952	0.3
7	Delaware	14,880	1.9
24	Florida	157,751	1.0
14	Georgia	105,774	1.3
43	Hawaii	1,755	0.1
32	Idaho	9,720	0.8
19	Illinois	133,977	1.1
17	Indiana	71,414	1.2
4	Iowa	69,974	2.4
8	Kansas	50,806	1.9
26	Kentucky	36,940	0.9
37	Louisiana	21,142	0.5
45	Maine	797	0.1
29	Maryland	44,243	0.8
44	Massachusetts	5,453	0.1
20	Michigan	104,471	1.1
18	Minnesota	56,579	1.2
36	Mississippi	17,599	0.6
18	Missouri	64,277	1.2
21	Montana	9,372	1.0
5	Nebraska	39,420	2.3
38	Nevada	7,202	0.4
42	New Hampshire	2,638	0.2
11	New Jersey	119,735	1.4
33	New Mexico	13,224	0.7
28	New York	162,227	0.9
3	North Carolina	203,647	2.5
12	North Dakota	8,740	1.4
11	Ohio	160,800	1.4
22	Oklahoma	35,211	1.0
24	Oregon	33,909	1.0
1	Pennsylvania	324,714	2.6
41	Rhode Island	2,417	0.2
2	South Carolina	103,883	2.6
9	South Dakota	12,763	1.7
16	Tennessee	67,800	1.2
27	Texas	180,315	0.9
39	Utah	6,006	0.3
43	Vermont	843	0.1
6	Virginia	135,435	1.9
15	Washington	74,388	1.3
10	West Virginia	28,467	1.6
31	Wisconsin	40,900	0.8
13	Wyoming	6,600	1.3

Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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