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