Evangelical Lutheran Church in America States (1990)

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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 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 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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Complete List

Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
1	North Dakota	179,711	28.1
2	Minnesota	823,372	18.8
3	South Dakota	114,690	16.5
4	Iowa	265,423	9.6
5	Wisconsin	460,168	9.4
6	Nebraska	128,667	8.2
7	Montana	49,106	6.2
8	Pennsylvania	682,111	5.7
9	Ohio	320,021	3.0
10	Washington	132,528	2.7
11	Illinois	296,968	2.6
12	Maryland	106,188	2.2
13	Wyoming	9,088	2.0
14	Colorado	61,668	1.9
15	Kansas	45,138	1.8
16	Michigan	167,598	1.8
17	Alaska	9,690	1.8
17	South Carolina	61,489	1.8
18	Oregon	48,958	1.7
19	Arizona	54,473	1.5
20	Indiana	78,727	1.4
21	North Carolina	87,815	1.3
22	Idaho	12,711	1.3
23	New Jersey	86,825	1.1
24	Connecticut	35,537	1.1
25	New York	187,551	1.0
25	Virginia	64,337	1.0
26	Delaware	6,780	1.0
27	Texas	155,276	0.9
28	West Virginia	14,845	0.8
29	New Mexico	11,378	0.8
30	Florida	92,732	0.7
31	Nevada	8,197	0.7
32	California	193,389	0.7
33	Missouri	28,958	0.6
34	Rhode Island	5,500	0.6
35	Georgia	32,447	0.5
36	Massachusetts	28,269	0.5
37	Hawaii	3,944	0.4
37	Oklahoma	11,186	0.4
38	Maine	4,149	0.3
39	Tennessee	16,085	0.3
40	Utah	5,111	0.3
41	New Hampshire	3,211	0.3
42	Kentucky	10,383	0.3
43	Vermont	1,522	0.3
44	Arkansas	5,178	0.2
45	Alabama	5,436	0.1
45	Louisiana	5,647	0.1
46	Mississippi	2,264	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 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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