Mormon 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 that are Mormon. 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
1	Utah	1,236,242	71.8
2	Idaho	268,060	26.6
3	Wyoming	45,793	10.1
4	Nevada	89,033	7.4
5	Arizona	199,761	5.5
6	Montana	28,620	3.6
7	Hawaii	38,303	3.5
8	Oregon	89,601	3.2
9	Washington	150,634	3.1
10	Alaska	15,751	2.9
11	New Mexico	39,429	2.6
12	Colorado	70,313	2.1
13	California	533,741	1.8
14	South Dakota	5,155	0.7
15	Kansas	16,941	0.7
15	Virginia	42,073	0.7
16	Nebraska	10,556	0.7
17	Texas	111,276	0.7
18	Oklahoma	19,107	0.6
19	Missouri	27,877	0.5
20	Vermont	2,855	0.5
21	Georgia	32,593	0.5
21	North Carolina	33,079	0.5
22	Maine	5,956	0.5
23	South Carolina	16,896	0.5
24	Florida	59,845	0.5
25	Maryland	21,505	0.5
25	West Virginia	8,095	0.5
26	Arkansas	10,446	0.4
27	Alabama	17,256	0.4
28	Delaware	2,786	0.4
28	New Hampshire	4,635	0.4
29	Mississippi	10,417	0.4
30	Indiana	20,901	0.4
31	Iowa	10,383	0.4
31	Kentucky	13,586	0.4
31	North Dakota	2,358	0.4
32	Louisiana	15,182	0.4
33	Minnesota	14,576	0.3
34	Tennessee	15,635	0.3
35	Ohio	30,979	0.3
36	Illinois	30,352	0.3
37	Connecticut	8,075	0.3
37	Michigan	23,475	0.3
38	Wisconsin	11,530	0.2
39	Pennsylvania	24,488	0.2
40	Massachusetts	11,093	0.2
41	New York	29,997	0.2
42	New Jersey	11,806	0.2
43	Rhode Island	1,438	0.1

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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