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