Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod 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 Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. 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	Nebraska	112,593	7.2
2	Minnesota	220,316	5.4
2	Wisconsin	254,683	5.4
3	South Dakota	33,773	4.9
4	Iowa	128,244	4.4
5	North Dakota	27,727	4.3
6	Missouri	144,800	3.0
7	Michigan	258,937	2.8
8	Illinois	313,425	2.7
9	Kansas	58,218	2.5
10	Wyoming	10,640	2.3
11	Montana	16,149	2.1
12	Indiana	110,380	2.0
13	Colorado	46,694	1.6
14	Idaho	12,753	1.4
15	Oregon	28,449	1.1
16	Washington	44,126	1.1
17	Texas	116,883	0.8
18	Ohio	87,051	0.8
19	Maryland	30,883	0.7
20	Oklahoma	21,752	0.7
21	Florida	55,366	0.7
22	Alaska	2,560	0.6
23	California	148,292	0.6
23	Nevada	5,020	0.6
24	Arizona	16,710	0.6
25	New York	102,099	0.6
26	Arkansas	12,646	0.5
27	Connecticut	16,204	0.5
28	Louisiana	20,429	0.5
29	New Mexico	5,543	0.4
30	New Jersey	30,401	0.4
31	Alabama	13,448	0.4
32	Delaware	1,998	0.3
33	Utah	4,480	0.3
34	North Carolina	17,418	0.3
35	Virginia	14,256	0.3
36	Hawaii	2,351	0.2
36	Tennessee	11,157	0.2
37	Pennsylvania	26,411	0.2
38	Mississippi	4,323	0.2
38	New Hampshire	1,602	0.2
39	Kentucky	5,326	0.2
40	Massachusetts	7,826	0.1
41	Rhode Island	1,215	0.1
42	Georgia	6,818	0.1
43	South Carolina	2,146	0.1
44	Vermont	301	0.1
45	Maine	369	0.0
45	West Virginia	645	0.0

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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