Presbyterian Church in America - Rankings by Area (States) [Counties] [Metro-Areas]

The Presbyterian Church in America was organized at a constitutional assembly in December of 1973 and first known as the National Presbyterian Church. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States who rejected that church's merger with the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. In 1974, it assumed its current name. [View our profile of Presbyterian Church in America]

Using data from the 1980-2020 U.S. Religion Census, this list ranks U.S. States on the highest percent of the population in the Presbyterian Church in America. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings.

Rank 2020	Rank 2010	Rank 2000	Rank 1990	Rank 1980	State	Percent 2020	Percent 2010	Percent 2000	Percent 1990	Percent 1980
1	1	1	1	1	Mississippi	0.6	0.62	0.66	0.73	0.56
3	3	2	2	2	South Carolina	0.5	0.55	0.58	0.57	0.37
2	2	3	3	3	Alabama	0.55	0.59	0.54	0.48	0.34
7	5	5	4	4	Delaware	0.27	0.35	0.5	0.38	0.31
11	10	7	6	5	Florida	0.17	0.19	0.27	0.28	0.23
4	4	4	5	6	Tennessee	0.37	0.41	0.51	0.33	0.13
6	6	6	7	6	Georgia	0.31	0.33	0.29	0.23	0.13
9	8	8	8	8	Maryland	0.2	0.24	0.26	0.21	0.11
5	7	9	9	8	Virginia	0.35	0.28	0.25	0.2	0.11
8	9	10	10	10	North Carolina	0.21	0.21	0.24	0.18	0.1
10	11	11	12	11	Pennsylvania	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.13	0.06
17	14	14	13	12	Colorado	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.05
22	20	17	15	13	Louisiana	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.04
36	26	17	15	13	West Virginia	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.04
22	20	20	18	13	Washington	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04
17	26	20	21	13	New Mexico	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.04
22	20	20	27	13	Kansas	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.04
14	13	13	13	18	Missouri	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.07	0.03
22	31	26	18	19	Arkansas	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.02
31	20	20	27	19	Wyoming	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.02
12	12	12	11	21	South Dakota	0.13	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.01
17	17	15	17	21	Illinois	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.05	0.01
22	20	20	18	21	Indiana	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.01
17	16	15	21	21	Texas	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.03	0.01
22	26	26	21	21	Oklahoma	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.01
31	31	26	21	21	New Jersey	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.01
36	26	26	27	21	Arizona	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.01
21	26	34	27	21	Kentucky	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.01
48		37	27	21	North Dakota	0.01		0.01	0.02	0.01
36	31	26	35	21	Ohio	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.01
16	17	19	21	31	Nebraska	0.09	0.06	0.05	0.03	0
36	20	20	21	31	Iowa	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.03	0
22	31	26	27	31	California	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.02	0
36	31	26	27	31	New Hampshire	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0
48	44	37	27	31	Vermont	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0
22	39	26	35	31	Hawaii	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.01	0
31	31	34	35	31	New York	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.01	0
22	39	34	35	31	Wisconsin	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.01	0
31	31	37	35	31	Connecticut	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.01	0
43	31	37	35	31	Rhode Island	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.01	0
31	39	37	35	31	Michigan	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.01	0
43	44	37	35	31	Minnesota	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0
36	39	37	43	31	Massachusetts	0.03	0.02	0.01	0	0
43	39	37	43	31	Oregon	0.02	0.02	0.01	0	0
48	44	37	43	31	Nevada	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0
12	17	37			Montana	0.13	0.06	0.01
43	44	37			Utah	0.02	0.01	0.01
48	44	37			Idaho	0.01	0.01	0.01
43	44	49			Maine	0.02	0.01	0
15	14				District Of Columbia	0.1	0.08
36	44				Alaska	0.03	0.01

Note that data collection methods for religious bodies change over time, affecting the comparability of statistics. For further information, see the U.S. Religion Census website at https://www.usreligioncensus.org/.

The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 373 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 156.

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