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