Episcopal Church 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 Episcopal Church. 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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Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
1	Rhode Island	31,865	3.2
2	Connecticut	78,804	2.4
3	Wyoming	9,894	2.2
4	Virginia	129,070	2.1
5	Massachusetts	122,190	2.0
6	Delaware	13,307	2.0
7	Maryland	82,714	1.7
8	South Dakota	11,940	1.7
9	Vermont	9,628	1.7
10	New Hampshire	16,301	1.5
11	South Carolina	48,655	1.4
12	Alaska	7,540	1.4
12	New Jersey	105,607	1.4
13	Maine	16,375	1.3
14	New York	231,690	1.3
15	Florida	158,595	1.2
16	Pennsylvania	138,152	1.2
17	North Carolina	73,664	1.1
18	Colorado	36,119	1.1
19	Texas	169,112	1.0
20	Georgia	62,738	1.0
21	Alabama	38,257	1.0
22	Hawaii	10,396	0.9
22	Oregon	26,816	0.9
23	Washington	44,246	0.9
24	Montana	6,644	0.8
24	Tennessee	40,351	0.8
25	Mississippi	20,554	0.8
25	Nebraska	12,575	0.8
26	Louisiana	33,423	0.8
27	Kansas	19,366	0.8
27	West Virginia	13,926	0.8
28	Michigan	71,727	0.8
29	Arizona	26,780	0.7
29	Minnesota	31,980	0.7
30	New Mexico	10,691	0.7
31	Ohio	69,302	0.6
32	Idaho	6,338	0.6
33	California	178,263	0.6
33	Oklahoma	18,908	0.6
34	Arkansas	13,845	0.6
35	Missouri	29,066	0.6
36	Wisconsin	27,561	0.6
37	Kentucky	19,655	0.5
37	North Dakota	3,372	0.5
38	Iowa	14,198	0.5
39	Illinois	54,751	0.5
40	Nevada	5,524	0.5
41	Indiana	21,102	0.4
42	Utah	5,436	0.3

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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