Southern Baptist States (1990)

QuickLists > U.S. Religious Groups > Southern Baptists >

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.

[More information on the data source]

Complete List

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

[More information about this data source]