Southern Baptist 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 Southern Baptist. 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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Complete List

Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
2	Alabama	1,313,907	32.5
16	Alaska	28,718	5.2
17	Arizona	162,887	4.4
5	Arkansas	617,524	26.3
28	California	504,516	1.7
22	Colorado	81,627	2.5
40	Connecticut	8,925	0.3
34	Delaware	5,772	0.9
15	Florida	1,167,850	9.0
8	Georgia	1,582,520	24.4
26	Hawaii	20,331	1.8
29	Idaho	15,802	1.6
21	Illinois	292,644	2.6
25	Indiana	115,560	2.1
39	Iowa	13,960	0.5
19	Kansas	96,524	3.9
6	Kentucky	962,945	26.1
11	Louisiana	757,639	18.0
47	Maine	1,754	0.1
20	Maryland	131,627	2.8
44	Massachusetts	9,978	0.2
38	Michigan	61,953	0.7
49	Minnesota	5,218	0.1
1	Mississippi	869,942	33.8
12	Missouri	789,183	15.4
30	Montana	11,776	1.5
36	Nebraska	12,175	0.8
24	Nevada	27,889	2.3
41	New Hampshire	2,785	0.3
47	New Jersey	10,881	0.1
14	New Mexico	158,873	10.5
48	New York	22,917	0.1
9	North Carolina	1,446,228	21.8
37	North Dakota	4,470	0.7
27	Ohio	188,219	1.7
3	Oklahoma	964,615	30.7
32	Oregon	31,260	1.1
43	Pennsylvania	24,782	0.2
45	Rhode Island	1,641	0.2
7	South Carolina	894,390	25.7
33	South Dakota	7,300	1.1
4	Tennessee	1,343,312	27.5
10	Texas	3,259,395	19.2
35	Utah	14,227	0.8
46	Vermont	860	0.2
13	Virginia	742,860	12.0
31	Washington	60,307	1.2
23	West Virginia	43,161	2.4
42	Wisconsin	10,782	0.2
18	Wyoming	18,674	4.1

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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