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

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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