Evangelical Lutheran Church in America States (2000)

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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 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 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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Complete List

Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
1	North Dakota	174,554	27.2
2	Minnesota	853,448	17.4
3	South Dakota	121,871	16.2
4	Iowa	268,543	9.2
5	Wisconsin	463,432	8.6
6	Nebraska	128,570	7.5
7	Montana	50,287	5.6
8	Pennsylvania	611,913	5.0
9	Ohio	301,749	2.7
10	Illinois	279,724	2.3
11	Washington	127,854	2.2
12	Wyoming	10,038	2.0
13	Maryland	103,644	2.0
14	Alaska	11,343	1.8
15	Michigan	160,836	1.6
16	Kansas	42,491	1.6
17	Colorado	66,877	1.6
18	South Carolina	61,380	1.5
19	Oregon	46,807	1.4
20	Arizona	69,393	1.4
21	Indiana	72,772	1.2
22	North Carolina	88,830	1.1
23	Idaho	13,187	1.0
24	Connecticut	31,960	0.9
24	New Jersey	79,264	0.9
25	Virginia	65,798	0.9
26	New York	169,329	0.9
27	Delaware	6,631	0.9
28	West Virginia	13,964	0.8
29	Texas	155,019	0.7
30	New Mexico	10,969	0.6
31	Florida	90,594	0.6
32	Rhode Island	5,914	0.6
33	Nevada	10,663	0.5
34	California	171,110	0.5
35	Missouri	27,991	0.5
36	Georgia	37,096	0.5
36	Massachusetts	28,360	0.5
37	Maine	4,531	0.4
38	New Hampshire	4,062	0.3
39	Oklahoma	11,105	0.3
40	Tennessee	16,239	0.3
40	Utah	6,426	0.3
41	Kentucky	9,485	0.2
42	Arkansas	5,902	0.2
42	Hawaii	2,677	0.2
42	Vermont	1,318	0.2
43	Louisiana	5,794	0.1
44	Alabama	5,346	0.1
45	Mississippi	2,280	0.1

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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