Mormon 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 that are Mormon. 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
29	Alabama	20,397	0.5
9	Alaska	19,019	3.0
5	Arizona	251,974	4.9
21	Arkansas	14,916	0.6
13	California	529,575	1.6
12	Colorado	92,326	2.2
39	Connecticut	9,593	0.3
34	Delaware	2,760	0.4
28	Florida	75,620	0.5
23	Georgia	43,910	0.5
7	Hawaii	42,758	3.5
2	Idaho	311,425	24.1
38	Illinois	35,859	0.3
28	Indiana	28,309	0.5
24	Iowa	15,236	0.5
16	Kansas	20,356	0.8
30	Kentucky	17,966	0.4
33	Louisiana	16,080	0.4
21	Maine	7,119	0.6
27	Maryland	25,882	0.5
40	Massachusetts	16,396	0.3
37	Michigan	30,020	0.3
32	Minnesota	20,122	0.4
29	Mississippi	12,992	0.5
18	Missouri	41,014	0.7
6	Montana	32,726	3.6
14	Nebraska	15,003	0.9
4	Nevada	116,925	5.9
25	New Hampshire	6,354	0.5
42	New Jersey	19,855	0.2
11	New Mexico	42,261	2.3
42	New York	44,987	0.2
25	North Carolina	40,936	0.5
20	North Dakota	3,665	0.6
35	Ohio	38,824	0.3
19	Oklahoma	24,564	0.7
8	Oregon	104,312	3.1
41	Pennsylvania	31,032	0.3
43	Rhode Island	2,295	0.2
25	South Carolina	20,424	0.5
15	South Dakota	5,998	0.8
31	Tennessee	24,075	0.4
17	Texas	155,451	0.8
1	Utah	1,483,858	66.5
26	Vermont	3,046	0.5
17	Virginia	53,308	0.8
10	Washington	178,000	3.0
22	West Virginia	9,922	0.6
36	Wisconsin	16,843	0.3
3	Wyoming	47,129	9.5

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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