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

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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