Evangelical Lutheran Church in America States (1980)

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Using data from the 1980 Churches and Church Membership Study, this list ranks U.S. states on the highest total number of adherents and the highest percent of the population in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings. Most historically African American denominations are not included in the 1980 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
1	North Dakota	178,626	27.4
2	Minnesota	788,386	19.3
3	South Dakota	116,815	16.9
4	Wisconsin	469,322	10.0
5	Iowa	284,695	9.8
6	Nebraska	132,346	8.4
7	Montana	52,862	6.7
8	Pennsylvania	766,707	6.5
9	Ohio	357,786	3.3
10	Washington	130,918	3.2
11	Maryland	120,339	2.9
12	Illinois	319,552	2.8
13	Kansas	46,125	2.0
14	Michigan	179,120	1.9
14	Oregon	50,701	1.9
15	Colorado	54,680	1.9
16	South Carolina	57,322	1.8
17	Alaska	6,623	1.7
18	Wyoming	7,700	1.6
19	Indiana	85,694	1.6
20	North Carolina	87,790	1.5
21	Arizona	37,874	1.4
22	Idaho	12,661	1.3
23	New Jersey	97,756	1.3
24	Connecticut	40,896	1.3
24	Delaware	7,822	1.3
25	New York	215,026	1.2
26	Virginia	60,435	1.1
27	Texas	144,104	1.0
28	California	205,831	0.9
29	West Virginia	16,794	0.9
30	Florida	64,998	0.8
31	New Mexico	9,237	0.7
32	Missouri	28,769	0.6
32	Nevada	4,728	0.6
33	Rhode Island	5,229	0.6
34	Massachusetts	30,502	0.5
35	Georgia	23,338	0.4
36	Tennessee	14,767	0.3
37	Oklahoma	9,431	0.3
38	Kentucky	10,124	0.3
38	Utah	4,149	0.3
39	Vermont	1,353	0.3
40	New Hampshire	2,004	0.2
41	Hawaii	1,861	0.2
42	Maine	1,704	0.2
43	Louisiana	5,617	0.1
44	Alabama	4,689	0.1
44	Arkansas	2,750	0.1
45	Mississippi	1,632	0.1

Source

The data presented in this list were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and include statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. Bernard Quinn, Herman Anderson, Martin Bradley, Paul Goetting and Peggy Shriver supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

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