Mormon 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 that are Mormon. 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	Utah	985,070	67.4
2	Idaho	240,596	25.5
3	Wyoming	40,368	8.6
4	Nevada	55,148	6.9
5	Arizona	139,178	5.1
6	Montana	25,940	3.3
7	Hawaii	28,002	2.9
8	Oregon	74,056	2.8
9	Washington	105,073	2.5
10	New Mexico	28,552	2.2
11	Alaska	8,734	2.2
12	Colorado	51,774	1.8
13	California	405,441	1.7
14	Texas	67,903	0.5
15	Virginia	25,318	0.5
16	Oklahoma	13,733	0.5
17	Florida	33,724	0.4
17	Kansas	9,915	0.4
17	Nebraska	6,671	0.4
18	Maine	4,449	0.4
19	South Carolina	11,788	0.4
19	West Virginia	7,386	0.4
20	Missouri	18,305	0.4
20	South Dakota	2,590	0.4
21	North Carolina	21,058	0.4
22	Vermont	1,724	0.3
23	Georgia	18,187	0.3
23	New Hampshire	3,025	0.3
24	Maryland	13,367	0.3
25	Arkansas	7,343	0.3
26	Mississippi	7,248	0.3
27	Alabama	10,842	0.3
27	Indiana	15,246	0.3
28	Louisiana	11,247	0.3
29	Iowa	7,674	0.3
29	Kentucky	9,559	0.3
30	Delaware	1,362	0.2
30	Minnesota	9,426	0.2
31	Tennessee	9,929	0.2
32	Illinois	23,610	0.2
32	Ohio	22,293	0.2
33	Michigan	18,099	0.2
34	North Dakota	1,141	0.2
35	Wisconsin	7,523	0.2
36	Connecticut	4,798	0.2
36	Pennsylvania	17,812	0.2
37	Massachusetts	6,618	0.1
38	New Jersey	7,878	0.1
38	New York	19,458	0.1
39	Rhode Island	842	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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