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 Unitarian-Universalist. 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.
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| Ranking | State | Adherents | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | 35,787 | 0.6 |
| 14 | California | 14,740 | 0.1 |
| 11 | New York | 13,648 | 0.1 |
| 12 | Illinois | 8,194 | 0.1 |
| 13 | Ohio | 6,531 | 0.1 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | 6,455 | 0.1 |
| 7 | Maryland | 6,255 | 0.1 |
| 9 | Virginia | 6,119 | 0.1 |
| 16 | Texas | 5,843 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 5,669 | 0.1 |
| 15 | Florida | 5,506 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Washington | 4,997 | 0.1 |
| 13 | New Jersey | 4,894 | 0.1 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 4,339 | 0.1 |
| 14 | Michigan | 4,266 | 0.1 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 4,189 | 0.4 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 4,167 | 0.1 |
| 4 | Maine | 4,152 | 0.3 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 3,717 | 0.1 |
| 8 | Oregon | 3,252 | 0.1 |
| 14 | Indiana | 3,038 | 0.1 |
| 10 | Colorado | 2,921 | 0.1 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 2,795 | 0.1 |
| 15 | Georgia | 2,770 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 2,527 | 0.1 |
| 14 | Missouri | 2,427 | 0.1 |
| 11 | Iowa | 2,157 | 0.1 |
| 3 | Vermont | 2,056 | 0.4 |
| 14 | Arizona | 1,998 | 0.1 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 1,661 | 0.2 |
| 5 | Delaware | 1,453 | 0.2 |
| 10 | New Mexico | 1,301 | 0.1 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 1,229 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Louisiana | 1,201 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Nebraska | 1,019 | 0.1 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 971 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Kansas | 860 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Alabama | 806 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Utah | 718 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 582 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Idaho | 563 | 0.1 |
| 14 | Alaska | 271 | 0.1 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 251 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Montana | 218 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Nevada | 211 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Hawaii | 204 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Wyoming | 139 | 0.0 |
| 17 | North Dakota | 135 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Mississippi | 128 | 0.0 |
| 18 | South Dakota | 98 | 0.0 |
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.
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