Episcopal Church States (1990)

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Using data from the 1990 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 Episcopal Church. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings.

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

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Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
21	Alabama	38,257	1.0
12	Alaska	7,540	1.4
29	Arizona	26,780	0.7
34	Arkansas	13,845	0.6
33	California	178,263	0.6
18	Colorado	36,119	1.1
2	Connecticut	78,804	2.4
6	Delaware	13,307	2.0
15	Florida	158,595	1.2
20	Georgia	62,738	1.0
22	Hawaii	10,396	0.9
32	Idaho	6,338	0.6
39	Illinois	54,751	0.5
41	Indiana	21,102	0.4
38	Iowa	14,198	0.5
27	Kansas	19,366	0.8
37	Kentucky	19,655	0.5
26	Louisiana	33,423	0.8
13	Maine	16,375	1.3
7	Maryland	82,714	1.7
5	Massachusetts	122,190	2.0
28	Michigan	71,727	0.8
29	Minnesota	31,980	0.7
25	Mississippi	20,554	0.8
35	Missouri	29,066	0.6
24	Montana	6,644	0.8
25	Nebraska	12,575	0.8
40	Nevada	5,524	0.5
10	New Hampshire	16,301	1.5
12	New Jersey	105,607	1.4
30	New Mexico	10,691	0.7
14	New York	231,690	1.3
17	North Carolina	73,664	1.1
37	North Dakota	3,372	0.5
31	Ohio	69,302	0.6
33	Oklahoma	18,908	0.6
22	Oregon	26,816	0.9
16	Pennsylvania	138,152	1.2
1	Rhode Island	31,865	3.2
11	South Carolina	48,655	1.4
8	South Dakota	11,940	1.7
24	Tennessee	40,351	0.8
19	Texas	169,112	1.0
42	Utah	5,436	0.3
9	Vermont	9,628	1.7
4	Virginia	129,070	2.1
23	Washington	44,246	0.9
27	West Virginia	13,926	0.8
36	Wisconsin	27,561	0.6
3	Wyoming	9,894	2.2

Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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