Assemblies of God 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 in the Assemblies of God. 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	Oklahoma	69,674	2.3
2	Arkansas	53,555	2.3
3	Oregon	46,902	1.8
4	Alaska	6,392	1.6
5	Missouri	77,158	1.6
6	Washington	59,591	1.4
7	Idaho	13,079	1.4
8	Montana	10,829	1.4
9	Alabama	48,555	1.3
10	New Mexico	15,337	1.2
11	Texas	162,201	1.1
12	North Dakota	7,407	1.1
13	Kansas	24,682	1.0
14	Colorado	28,786	1.0
14	Florida	81,179	1.0
15	Wyoming	4,294	0.9
16	Nevada	7,163	0.9
17	Iowa	24,545	0.9
18	South Dakota	5,586	0.8
19	Arizona	21,733	0.8
19	California	189,375	0.8
19	Nebraska	12,621	0.8
20	Hawaii	7,132	0.7
20	Indiana	40,818	0.7
21	Louisiana	29,913	0.7
22	Mississippi	17,745	0.7
23	West Virginia	12,182	0.6
24	Minnesota	24,368	0.6
25	Kentucky	20,408	0.6
26	Illinois	62,662	0.6
27	Tennessee	23,870	0.5
28	Georgia	28,046	0.5
29	Michigan	45,803	0.5
30	Wisconsin	22,375	0.5
31	Pennsylvania	55,974	0.5
31	Virginia	25,045	0.5
32	Ohio	49,445	0.5
33	South Carolina	12,482	0.4
34	Maine	4,266	0.4
34	Maryland	15,881	0.4
35	New Jersey	24,808	0.3
35	North Carolina	19,917	0.3
36	New York	58,267	0.3
36	Vermont	1,707	0.3
37	Connecticut	9,859	0.3
38	New Hampshire	2,846	0.3
39	Delaware	1,522	0.3
40	Massachusetts	13,938	0.2
41	Utah	2,770	0.2
42	Rhode Island	1,183	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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