Southern Baptist 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 that are Southern Baptist. 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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Complete List

Ranking	State	Adherents	Percent
1	Mississippi	869,942	33.8
2	Alabama	1,313,907	32.5
3	Oklahoma	964,615	30.7
4	Tennessee	1,343,312	27.5
5	Arkansas	617,524	26.3
6	Kentucky	962,945	26.1
7	South Carolina	894,390	25.7
8	Georgia	1,582,520	24.4
9	North Carolina	1,446,228	21.8
10	Texas	3,259,395	19.2
11	Louisiana	757,639	18.0
12	Missouri	789,183	15.4
13	Virginia	742,860	12.0
14	New Mexico	158,873	10.5
15	Florida	1,167,850	9.0
16	Alaska	28,718	5.2
17	Arizona	162,887	4.4
18	Wyoming	18,674	4.1
19	Kansas	96,524	3.9
20	Maryland	131,627	2.8
21	Illinois	292,644	2.6
22	Colorado	81,627	2.5
23	West Virginia	43,161	2.4
24	Nevada	27,889	2.3
25	Indiana	115,560	2.1
26	Hawaii	20,331	1.8
27	Ohio	188,219	1.7
28	California	504,516	1.7
29	Idaho	15,802	1.6
30	Montana	11,776	1.5
31	Washington	60,307	1.2
32	Oregon	31,260	1.1
33	South Dakota	7,300	1.1
34	Delaware	5,772	0.9
35	Utah	14,227	0.8
36	Nebraska	12,175	0.8
37	North Dakota	4,470	0.7
38	Michigan	61,953	0.7
39	Iowa	13,960	0.5
40	Connecticut	8,925	0.3
41	New Hampshire	2,785	0.3
42	Wisconsin	10,782	0.2
43	Pennsylvania	24,782	0.2
44	Massachusetts	9,978	0.2
45	Rhode Island	1,641	0.2
46	Vermont	860	0.2
47	Maine	1,754	0.1
47	New Jersey	10,881	0.1
48	New York	22,917	0.1
49	Minnesota	5,218	0.1

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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