Southern Baptist 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 Southern Baptist. 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	Mississippi	916,440	32.2
2	Alabama	1,380,121	31.0
3	Oklahoma	967,223	28.0
4	Arkansas	665,307	24.9
5	Tennessee	1,414,199	24.9
6	Kentucky	979,994	24.3
7	South Carolina	928,341	23.1
8	Georgia	1,719,484	21.0
9	North Carolina	1,512,058	18.8
10	Louisiana	768,587	17.2
11	Texas	3,519,459	16.9
12	Missouri	797,732	14.3
13	Virginia	774,637	10.9
14	Florida	1,292,097	8.1
15	New Mexico	132,675	7.3
16	Kansas	101,696	3.8
17	Alaska	22,959	3.7
18	Wyoming	17,101	3.5
19	Arizona	138,516	2.7
20	Maryland	142,401	2.7
21	Illinois	305,838	2.5
22	West Virginia	43,606	2.4
23	Indiana	124,452	2.1
24	Nevada	40,233	2.0
25	Colorado	85,083	2.0
26	Hawaii	20,901	1.7
27	Montana	15,318	1.7
28	Ohio	187,227	1.7
29	California	471,119	1.4
30	Idaho	15,456	1.2
31	Washington	62,309	1.1
32	Nebraska	17,109	1.0
33	Oregon	32,433	1.0
34	South Dakota	6,608	0.9
35	Delaware	6,310	0.8
36	Utah	13,258	0.6
37	Michigan	56,004	0.6
38	North Dakota	3,150	0.5
39	Iowa	13,322	0.5
40	Pennsylvania	44,432	0.4
41	New Hampshire	3,402	0.3
42	Wisconsin	14,329	0.3
43	New Jersey	18,035	0.2
44	Maine	2,373	0.2
45	Rhode Island	1,903	0.2
46	Connecticut	5,681	0.2
46	Massachusetts	10,867	0.2
46	Vermont	1,008	0.2
47	New York	24,364	0.1
48	Minnesota	5,458	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 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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