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

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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