Mormon 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 that are Mormon. 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
27	Alabama	10,842	0.3
11	Alaska	8,734	2.2
5	Arizona	139,178	5.1
25	Arkansas	7,343	0.3
13	California	405,441	1.7
12	Colorado	51,774	1.8
36	Connecticut	4,798	0.2
30	Delaware	1,362	0.2
17	Florida	33,724	0.4
23	Georgia	18,187	0.3
7	Hawaii	28,002	2.9
2	Idaho	240,596	25.5
32	Illinois	23,610	0.2
27	Indiana	15,246	0.3
29	Iowa	7,674	0.3
17	Kansas	9,915	0.4
29	Kentucky	9,559	0.3
28	Louisiana	11,247	0.3
18	Maine	4,449	0.4
24	Maryland	13,367	0.3
37	Massachusetts	6,618	0.1
33	Michigan	18,099	0.2
30	Minnesota	9,426	0.2
26	Mississippi	7,248	0.3
20	Missouri	18,305	0.4
6	Montana	25,940	3.3
17	Nebraska	6,671	0.4
4	Nevada	55,148	6.9
23	New Hampshire	3,025	0.3
38	New Jersey	7,878	0.1
10	New Mexico	28,552	2.2
38	New York	19,458	0.1
21	North Carolina	21,058	0.4
34	North Dakota	1,141	0.2
32	Ohio	22,293	0.2
16	Oklahoma	13,733	0.5
8	Oregon	74,056	2.8
36	Pennsylvania	17,812	0.2
39	Rhode Island	842	0.1
19	South Carolina	11,788	0.4
20	South Dakota	2,590	0.4
31	Tennessee	9,929	0.2
14	Texas	67,903	0.5
1	Utah	985,070	67.4
22	Vermont	1,724	0.3
15	Virginia	25,318	0.5
9	Washington	105,073	2.5
19	West Virginia	7,386	0.4
35	Wisconsin	7,523	0.2
3	Wyoming	40,368	8.6

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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