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Black Protestant Denominations--Rates of Adherence per 1,000 Population (2010)

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Black Protestant Denominations--Rates of Adherence per 1,000 Population (2010)

Rank	State ^	Value
1	Alabama	72.50
2	Mississippi	61.52
3	South Carolina	55.39
4	Louisiana	47.91
5	Tennessee	43.16
6	Georgia	39.37
7	Arkansas	36.76
8	Maryland	27.34
9	North Carolina	26.04
10	Michigan	21.66
11	Florida	17.73
12	Illinois	17.18
13	Missouri	15.68
14	Kentucky	14.97
15	Delaware	14.89
16	New Jersey	14.78
17	Ohio	14.77
18	Indiana	14.61
19	Kansas	14.60
20	Virginia	13.88
21	Texas	13.76
22	Oklahoma	13.76
23	New York	10.44
24	Pennsylvania	9
25	Wisconsin	7.77
26	Nebraska	7.18
27	California	6.69
28	Connecticut	6.43
29	West Virginia	6.21
30	Iowa	5.88
31	Nevada	3.61
32	Minnesota	3.09
33	Alaska	2.78
34	Colorado	2.59
35	Washington	2.12
36	New Mexico	2.10
37	Arizona	1.95
38	Massachusetts	1.71
39	Utah	1.18
40	Oregon	1.17
41	Rhode Island	0.79
42	South Dakota	0.53
43	Idaho	0.52
44	Wyoming	0.50
45	Maine	0.44
46	Montana	0.33
47	Vermont	0.06
48	North Dakota	--
49	Hawaii	--
50	New Hampshire	--

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