Episcopal Church 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 Episcopal Church. 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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Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
14	New York	201,797	1.1
20	Texas	177,910	0.9
34	California	168,895	0.5
17	Florida	152,526	1.0
3	Virginia	126,874	1.8
17	Pennsylvania	116,511	1.0
6	Massachusetts	98,963	1.6
12	New Jersey	91,964	1.1
7	Maryland	81,061	1.5
16	North Carolina	80,068	1.0
2	Connecticut	73,550	2.2
19	Georgia	71,950	0.9
33	Ohio	58,684	0.5
31	Michigan	58,482	0.6
39	Illinois	52,578	0.4
10	South Carolina	52,486	1.3
15	Alabama	45,041	1.0
25	Washington	41,731	0.7
29	Tennessee	35,037	0.6
21	Colorado	34,942	0.8
22	Louisiana	33,653	0.8
30	Arizona	31,104	0.6
29	Minnesota	30,547	0.6
35	Missouri	26,846	0.5
1	Rhode Island	26,756	2.6
25	Oregon	24,229	0.7
37	Wisconsin	23,942	0.5
23	Mississippi	21,124	0.7
35	Kentucky	19,343	0.5
32	Oklahoma	19,335	0.6
41	Indiana	18,396	0.3
29	Kansas	16,687	0.6
10	New Hampshire	16,148	1.3
11	Maine	15,794	1.2
33	Arkansas	13,956	0.5
5	Delaware	12,993	1.7
38	Iowa	12,730	0.4
26	New Mexico	12,219	0.7
28	West Virginia	11,344	0.6
9	South Dakota	11,191	1.5
18	Hawaii	11,084	0.9
27	Nebraska	11,005	0.6
8	Vermont	9,163	1.5
4	Wyoming	8,668	1.8
32	Idaho	7,244	0.6
40	Utah	6,853	0.3
13	Alaska	6,693	1.1
24	Montana	6,509	0.7
42	Nevada	5,469	0.3
36	North Dakota	2,983	0.5

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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