Assemblies of God 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 Assemblies of God. 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
9	Alabama	48,555	1.3
4	Alaska	6,392	1.6
19	Arizona	21,733	0.8
2	Arkansas	53,555	2.3
19	California	189,375	0.8
14	Colorado	28,786	1.0
37	Connecticut	9,859	0.3
39	Delaware	1,522	0.3
14	Florida	81,179	1.0
28	Georgia	28,046	0.5
20	Hawaii	7,132	0.7
7	Idaho	13,079	1.4
26	Illinois	62,662	0.6
20	Indiana	40,818	0.7
17	Iowa	24,545	0.9
13	Kansas	24,682	1.0
25	Kentucky	20,408	0.6
21	Louisiana	29,913	0.7
34	Maine	4,266	0.4
34	Maryland	15,881	0.4
40	Massachusetts	13,938	0.2
29	Michigan	45,803	0.5
24	Minnesota	24,368	0.6
22	Mississippi	17,745	0.7
5	Missouri	77,158	1.6
8	Montana	10,829	1.4
19	Nebraska	12,621	0.8
16	Nevada	7,163	0.9
38	New Hampshire	2,846	0.3
35	New Jersey	24,808	0.3
10	New Mexico	15,337	1.2
36	New York	58,267	0.3
35	North Carolina	19,917	0.3
12	North Dakota	7,407	1.1
32	Ohio	49,445	0.5
1	Oklahoma	69,674	2.3
3	Oregon	46,902	1.8
31	Pennsylvania	55,974	0.5
42	Rhode Island	1,183	0.1
33	South Carolina	12,482	0.4
18	South Dakota	5,586	0.8
27	Tennessee	23,870	0.5
11	Texas	162,201	1.1
41	Utah	2,770	0.2
36	Vermont	1,707	0.3
31	Virginia	25,045	0.5
6	Washington	59,591	1.4
23	West Virginia	12,182	0.6
30	Wisconsin	22,375	0.5
15	Wyoming	4,294	0.9

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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