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

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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