Presbyterian Church (USA) 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 Presbyterian Church (USA). 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
1	Pennsylvania	479,057	4.0
2	Nebraska	58,702	3.7
3	Iowa	105,086	3.6
4	North Carolina	205,608	3.5
5	Kansas	77,556	3.3
6	South Carolina	93,329	3.0
7	Delaware	16,957	2.9
8	South Dakota	18,165	2.6
9	Virginia	139,423	2.6
10	West Virginia	47,103	2.4
11	Ohio	258,559	2.4
12	New Jersey	174,029	2.4
13	North Dakota	14,429	2.2
14	Wyoming	10,265	2.2
15	Indiana	108,194	2.0
16	Colorado	56,593	2.0
17	Missouri	94,273	1.9
18	Minnesota	76,715	1.9
19	Tennessee	85,565	1.9
20	Florida	144,533	1.8
21	Washington	71,334	1.7
22	Illinois	194,039	1.7
23	Michigan	156,233	1.7
24	Georgia	90,801	1.7
25	Montana	12,975	1.7
26	Oregon	42,053	1.6
27	Oklahoma	47,930	1.6
28	Alaska	5,711	1.4
28	New York	249,079	1.4
29	Kentucky	50,386	1.4
29	Texas	195,870	1.4
30	Arkansas	30,640	1.3
30	Idaho	12,173	1.3
31	Maryland	54,009	1.3
32	New Mexico	16,559	1.3
33	Arizona	32,808	1.2
34	Wisconsin	55,565	1.2
35	Alabama	43,416	1.1
36	California	261,279	1.1
37	Mississippi	26,328	1.0
38	Louisiana	31,989	0.8
39	Nevada	4,739	0.6
40	Utah	6,742	0.5
41	Connecticut	10,850	0.4
42	Rhode Island	3,122	0.3
43	Vermont	1,182	0.2
44	New Hampshire	1,695	0.2
45	Hawaii	1,174	0.1
46	Massachusetts	6,347	0.1
47	Maine	614	0.1

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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