Buddhism, Theravada - Rankings by Area (Metro-Areas) [Counties] [States]

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Using data from the 1980-2020 U.S. Religion Census, this list ranks U.S. Metro-Areas on the highest percent of the population in the Buddhism, Theravada. You can sort the list by clicking on the column headings.

Rank 2020	Rank 2010	Metro-Area	Percent 2020	Percent 2010
4	1	Ukiah, CA Micro Area	1.85	1.89
	2	Hailey, ID Micro Area		0.96
	3	Greenfield Town, MA, Micropolitan Statistical Area		0.93
7	4	Anchorage, AK Metro Area	1.12	0.89
20	5	Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area	0.41	0.76
15	6	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area	0.45	0.58
	7	Owosso, MI, Micropolitan Statistical Area		0.55
16	8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area	0.44	0.48
16	9	Stockton, CA Metro Area	0.44	0.46
20	10	Palatka, FL Micro Area	0.41	0.40
88	10	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area	0.09	0.40
31	12	Visalia, CA Metro Area	0.34	0.38
50	13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area	0.22	0.37
28	14	Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area	0.36	0.36
29	15	Centralia, WA Micro Area	0.35	0.35
33	16	Albuquerque, NM Metro Area	0.32	0.34
41	16	Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area	0.27	0.34
36	18	Salinas, CA Metro Area	0.30	0.33
36	19	Shelby, NC Micro Area	0.30	0.31
31	20	Fresno, CA Metro Area	0.34	0.30
134	21	Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area	0.02	0.29
11	22	Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area	0.62	0.27
40	23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area	0.28	0.25
9	24	Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area	0.77	0.24
45	24	Missoula, MT Metro Area	0.25	0.24
50	24	San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area	0.22	0.24
14	27	Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area	0.46	0.23
25	27	Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metro Area	0.37	0.23
45	29	Spartanburg, SC Metro Area	0.25	0.22
88	29	Boulder, CO Metro Area	0.09	0.22
119	29	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area	0.04	0.22
54	32	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area	0.21	0.21
144	32	Jefferson City, MO Metro Area	0.01	0.21
48	34	Rochester, MN Metro Area	0.24	0.19
57	35	Madera, CA Metro Area	0.18	0.18
18	36	Wichita, KS Metro Area	0.42	0.17
25	36	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area	0.37	0.17
57	36	Rockford, IL Metro Area	0.18	0.17
	36	Bend, OR Metro Area		0.17
42	40	Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area	0.26	0.16
50	40	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area	0.22	0.16
62	40	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area	0.16	0.16
62	40	Torrington, CT Micro Area	0.16	0.16
68	40	Bakersfield, CA Metro Area	0.14	0.16
50	45	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area	0.22	0.14
55	45	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area	0.20	0.14
57	45	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area	0.18	0.14
65	45	Modesto, CA Metro Area	0.15	0.14
73	45	Tucson, AZ Metro Area	0.12	0.14
	45	Hilo, HI Micro Area		0.14
65	51	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area	0.15	0.13
68	52	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area	0.14	0.12
73	52	Binghamton, NY Metro Area	0.12	0.12
73	52	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area	0.12	0.12
77	52	Amarillo, TX Metro Area	0.11	0.12
13	56	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area	0.49	0.11
12	57	Mobile, AL Metro Area	0.50	0.10
33	57	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area	0.32	0.10
45	57	Fayetteville, NC Metro Area	0.25	0.10
35	60	Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area	0.31	0.09
77	60	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area	0.11	0.09
80	60	Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area	0.10	0.09
80	60	Rochester, NY Metro Area	0.10	0.09
88	60	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area	0.09	0.09
68	65	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area	0.14	0.08
77	65	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area	0.11	0.08
88	65	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area	0.09	0.08
88	65	Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area	0.09	0.08
95	65	Jacksonville, FL Metro Area	0.08	0.08
106	65	Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area	0.07	0.08
106	65	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area	0.07	0.08
29	72	Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area	0.35	0.07
42	72	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area	0.26	0.07
42	72	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area	0.26	0.07
80	72	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area	0.10	0.07
95	72	Madison, WI Metro Area	0.08	0.07
95	72	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area	0.08	0.07
106	72	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area	0.07	0.07
109	72	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area	0.06	0.07
119	72	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area	0.04	0.07
56	81	Springfield, MA Metro Area	0.19	0.06
68	81	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area	0.14	0.06
72	81	Lafayette, LA Metro Area	0.13	0.06
80	81	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area	0.10	0.06
88	81	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area	0.09	0.06
88	81	Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area	0.09	0.06
95	81	Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area	0.08	0.06
109	81	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area	0.06	0.06
80	89	St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area	0.10	0.05
95	89	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area	0.08	0.05
119	89	Boise City, ID Metro Area	0.04	0.05
	89	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area		0.05
	89	Kirksville, MO Micro Area		0.05
95	94	Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area	0.08	0.04
95	94	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area	0.08	0.04
109	94	Columbus, OH Metro Area	0.06	0.04
115	94	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area	0.05	0.04
119	94	Akron, OH Metro Area	0.04	0.04
128	94	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area	0.03	0.04
95	100	Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area	0.08	0.03
95	100	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area	0.08	0.03
119	100	Richmond, VA Metro Area	0.04	0.03
128	100	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area	0.03	0.03
128	100	Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI Metro Area	0.03	0.03
134	100	Columbia, MO Metro Area	0.02	0.03
144	100	Lawrence, KS Metro Area	0.01	0.03
	100	Winona, MN Micro Area		0.03
109	108	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area	0.06	0.02
115	108	Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area	0.05	0.02
128	108	Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area	0.03	0.02
134	108	Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area	0.02	0.02
134	108	Stillwater, OK Micro Area	0.02	0.02
	108	Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area		0.02
	108	Stevens Point, WI Micro Area		0.02
144	115	Carbondale-Marion, IL Metro Area	0.01	0.01
144	115	Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area	0.01	0.01
144	115	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area	0.01	0.01
144	115	Sioux Falls, SD Metro Area	0.01	0.01
156	115	Springfield, MO Metro Area	0.00	0.01
	115	College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area		0.01
	115	Iowa City, IA Metro Area		0.01
	115	Joplin, MO Metro Area		0.01
20	123	Montgomery, AL Metro Area	0.41	0.00
80	123	New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area	0.10	0.00
95	123	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area	0.08	0.00
119	123	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area	0.04	0.00
144	123	Evansville, IN-KY Metro Area	0.01	0.00
144	123	Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area	0.01	0.00
144	123	Jackson, MS Metro Area	0.01	0.00
156	123	Tulsa, OK Metro Area	0.00	0.00
	123	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area		0.00
	123	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area		0.00
1		Silver City, NM Micro Area	8.52
2		Taos, NM Micro Area	6.96
3		Waycross, GA Micro Area	2.32
5		Santa Fe, NM Metro Area	1.55
6		Rockport, TX Micro Area	1.17
8		Jesup, GA Micro Area	0.96
10		Okeechobee, FL Micro Area	0.70
18		Clearlake, CA Micro Area	0.42
23		Ames, IA Metro Area	0.40
23		Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area	0.40
25		Frankfort, KY Micro Area	0.37
36		Pocatello, ID Metro Area	0.30
39		Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area	0.29
48		Goldsboro, NC Metro Area	0.24
57		Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area	0.18
61		Bloomington, IN Metro Area	0.17
62		Greeley, CO Metro Area	0.16
65		Dover, DE Metro Area	0.15
73		Topeka, KS Metro Area	0.12
80		Fairbanks, AK Metro Area	0.10
80		Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area	0.10
95		Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area	0.08
109		Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area	0.06
109		Greenville-Anderson, SC Metro Area	0.06
115		Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area	0.05
115		Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area	0.05
119		Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area	0.04
119		Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area	0.04
119		Rolla, MO Micro Area	0.04
128		Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area	0.03
128		Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area	0.03
134		Asheville, NC Metro Area	0.02
134		Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area	0.02
134		Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area	0.02
134		Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area	0.02
134		Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area	0.02
134		Springfield, IL Metro Area	0.02
144		Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area	0.01
144		Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area	0.01
144		Traverse City, MI Micro Area	0.01
156		Dayton-Kettering, OH Metro Area	0.00
156		Knoxville, TN Metro Area	0.00
156		Peoria, IL Metro Area	0.00

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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