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

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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