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

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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