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

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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