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