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