Evangelical Protestant States (2000)

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Using data from the 2000 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 Evangelical Protestant denominations. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 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	Arkansas	1,153,527	43.2
2	Oklahoma	1,432,064	41.5
3	Alabama	1,804,961	40.6
4	Mississippi	1,130,113	39.7
5	Tennessee	2,102,490	37.0
6	Kentucky	1,361,067	33.7
7	South Carolina	1,179,544	29.4
8	Georgia	2,273,901	27.8
9	North Carolina	2,058,919	25.6
10	Missouri	1,384,748	24.8
11	Texas	5,084,656	24.4
12	Louisiana	962,475	21.5
13	Virginia	1,211,065	17.1
14	Indiana	972,885	16.0
15	Kansas	421,135	15.7
16	Nebraska	250,329	14.6
17	South Dakota	108,838	14.4
18	Florida	2,245,241	14.1
19	New Mexico	237,767	13.1
20	Wisconsin	682,968	12.7
21	Alaska	78,070	12.5
22	Iowa	346,243	11.8
23	Oregon	390,973	11.4
24	Wyoming	56,063	11.4
25	Montana	100,992	11.2
26	Minnesota	549,482	11.2
27	West Virginia	200,083	11.1
28	Michigan	1,079,117	10.9
29	Colorado	457,658	10.6
30	North Dakota	67,892	10.6
31	Illinois	1,279,050	10.3
32	Ohio	1,132,162	10.0
33	Washington	582,697	9.9
34	Arizona	486,247	9.5
35	Idaho	116,186	9.0
36	Hawaii	98,554	8.1
37	Maryland	409,460	7.7
38	California	2,450,003	7.2
39	Pennsylvania	706,904	5.8
40	Nevada	107,681	5.4
41	Delaware	40,408	5.2
42	Maine	42,391	3.3
43	New York	560,678	3.0
44	New Hampshire	30,131	2.4
45	New Jersey	204,101	2.4
46	Vermont	14,759	2.4
47	Connecticut	81,958	2.4
48	Massachusetts	150,505	2.4
49	Utah	42,420	1.9
50	Rhode Island	16,974	1.6

Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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