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

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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