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 in the Episcopal Church. 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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Ranking | State | Adherents | Percent |
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14 | New York | 201,797 | 1.1 |
20 | Texas | 177,910 | 0.9 |
34 | California | 168,895 | 0.5 |
17 | Florida | 152,526 | 1.0 |
3 | Virginia | 126,874 | 1.8 |
17 | Pennsylvania | 116,511 | 1.0 |
6 | Massachusetts | 98,963 | 1.6 |
12 | New Jersey | 91,964 | 1.1 |
7 | Maryland | 81,061 | 1.5 |
16 | North Carolina | 80,068 | 1.0 |
2 | Connecticut | 73,550 | 2.2 |
19 | Georgia | 71,950 | 0.9 |
33 | Ohio | 58,684 | 0.5 |
31 | Michigan | 58,482 | 0.6 |
39 | Illinois | 52,578 | 0.4 |
10 | South Carolina | 52,486 | 1.3 |
15 | Alabama | 45,041 | 1.0 |
25 | Washington | 41,731 | 0.7 |
29 | Tennessee | 35,037 | 0.6 |
21 | Colorado | 34,942 | 0.8 |
22 | Louisiana | 33,653 | 0.8 |
30 | Arizona | 31,104 | 0.6 |
29 | Minnesota | 30,547 | 0.6 |
35 | Missouri | 26,846 | 0.5 |
1 | Rhode Island | 26,756 | 2.6 |
25 | Oregon | 24,229 | 0.7 |
37 | Wisconsin | 23,942 | 0.5 |
23 | Mississippi | 21,124 | 0.7 |
35 | Kentucky | 19,343 | 0.5 |
32 | Oklahoma | 19,335 | 0.6 |
41 | Indiana | 18,396 | 0.3 |
29 | Kansas | 16,687 | 0.6 |
10 | New Hampshire | 16,148 | 1.3 |
11 | Maine | 15,794 | 1.2 |
33 | Arkansas | 13,956 | 0.5 |
5 | Delaware | 12,993 | 1.7 |
38 | Iowa | 12,730 | 0.4 |
26 | New Mexico | 12,219 | 0.7 |
28 | West Virginia | 11,344 | 0.6 |
9 | South Dakota | 11,191 | 1.5 |
18 | Hawaii | 11,084 | 0.9 |
27 | Nebraska | 11,005 | 0.6 |
8 | Vermont | 9,163 | 1.5 |
4 | Wyoming | 8,668 | 1.8 |
32 | Idaho | 7,244 | 0.6 |
40 | Utah | 6,853 | 0.3 |
13 | Alaska | 6,693 | 1.1 |
24 | Montana | 6,509 | 0.7 |
42 | Nevada | 5,469 | 0.3 |
36 | North Dakota | 2,983 | 0.5 |
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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