Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod States (2000)

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Using data from the 2000 Religious Congregations and Membership Study, this list ranks U.S. states on the highest total number of adherents and the highest percent of the population in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals.

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services.

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Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
32	Alabama	11,488	0.3
19	Alaska	4,128	0.7
22	Arizona	24,977	0.5
20	Arkansas	14,088	0.5
26	California	130,336	0.4
14	Colorado	47,283	1.1
25	Connecticut	13,317	0.4
30	Delaware	2,281	0.3
23	Florida	71,970	0.5
37	Georgia	9,887	0.1
36	Hawaii	1,775	0.2
15	Idaho	13,289	1.0
11	Illinois	278,008	2.2
12	Indiana	111,522	1.8
5	Iowa	120,075	4.1
9	Kansas	62,712	2.3
35	Kentucky	6,499	0.2
27	Louisiana	14,791	0.3
41	Maine	435	0.0
21	Maryland	27,544	0.5
37	Massachusetts	7,456	0.1
8	Michigan	244,231	2.5
4	Minnesota	203,863	4.1
37	Mississippi	3,372	0.1
7	Missouri	140,315	2.5
13	Montana	15,441	1.7
1	Nebraska	117,419	6.9
26	Nevada	7,654	0.4
35	New Hampshire	2,015	0.2
31	New Jersey	22,319	0.3
28	New Mexico	5,584	0.3
24	New York	81,705	0.4
32	North Carolina	20,651	0.3
6	North Dakota	23,720	3.7
16	Ohio	79,976	0.7
16	Oklahoma	24,199	0.7
19	Oregon	22,429	0.7
34	Pennsylvania	21,015	0.2
39	Rhode Island	1,017	0.1
40	South Carolina	3,440	0.1
3	South Dakota	31,524	4.2
29	Tennessee	16,883	0.3
18	Texas	140,106	0.7
33	Utah	4,562	0.2
38	Vermont	650	0.1
32	Virginia	18,751	0.3
17	Washington	40,618	0.7
41	West Virginia	584	0.0
2	Wisconsin	241,306	4.5
10	Wyoming	11,113	2.3

Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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