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Methodist - Rankings by Area (States) [Counties] [Metro-Areas]

The Methodist-Pietist family consists of churches that stress the importance of internal faith, spirituality, and Christian living over adherence to formal creeds and doctrine. The largest among these churches is the United Methodist Church, which follows the teachings of John Wesley, who in the 18th century broke away from the Church of England because of his emphasis on personal holiness. Other Methodist churches include the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. [View our Methodist Family profile]

Using data from the 1980-2020 U.S. Religion Census, this list ranks U.S. States on the highest percent of the population that are in the Methodist family. 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
3 4 6 1 1 North Carolina 7.23 8.58 7.97 13.89 15.77
4 6 10 2 2 Alabama 6.93 8.46 7.39 12.19 13.84
2 3 3 7 3 Mississippi 7.34 9 8.46 9.83 12.31
1 1 9 3 4 South Carolina 7.41 9.19 7.54 10.73 12.05
9 12 11 13 5 Tennessee 5.81 6.88 6.98 8.61 11.54
7 9 4 5 6 West Virginia 6.4 7.59 8.37 10.34 11.36
8 8 5 8 7 Kansas 6.1 7.9 8.02 9.76 11.25
10 5 2 6 8 Iowa 5.59 8.52 9.02 10.1 11.15
11 12 13 12 9 Arkansas 5.51 6.88 6.73 8.64 11.07
5 2 1 4 10 Oklahoma 6.81 9.08 9.51 10.45 10.69
6 7 11 15 11 Georgia 6.56 8.07 6.98 8.32 10.65
19 24 30 10 12 District Of Columbia 3.64 3.62 2.68 9.53 10.58
14 11 7 9 13 Nebraska 4.93 6.95 7.76 9.75 10.42
15 10 8 11 14 Delaware 4.87 7.21 7.68 9.34 10.24
12 14 14 14 15 Virginia 5.17 6.24 6.67 8.48 10.09
13 16 15 16 16 Maryland 5.04 5.93 5.66 6.88 7.93
20 15 21 18 17 Indiana 3.61 6.07 4.88 6.75 7.71
23 20 19 20 18 Ohio 3.26 4.74 5.06 6.47 7.48
17 17 16 17 19 Pennsylvania 3.82 5.35 5.53 6.78 7.3
16 19 18 19 19 Kentucky 4.28 4.78 5.19 6.69 7.3
21 21 20 22 21 Texas 3.53 4.52 4.95 5.97 7.19
24 18 17 21 22 South Dakota 2.94 4.91 5.32 6.42 6.85
18 22 22 23 23 Missouri 3.71 4.38 4.19 5.19 5.78
25 26 28 29 24 Florida 2.4 3.22 2.92 3.67 5.54
31 31 27 24 25 Vermont 1.51 2.46 3.24 4.44 5.23
26 28 26 26 26 Illinois 2.27 3.09 3.32 4.2 5.02
21 23 24 25 27 Louisiana 3.53 4.08 3.59 4.35 4.95
33 25 23 27 28 North Dakota 1.44 3.56 3.88 4.19 4.31
30 27 25 28 29 Minnesota 1.66 3.16 3.44 3.73 4.27
37 38 34 30 30 New Mexico 1.18 1.89 2.35 3.66 4.2
29 35 37 31 31 New York 1.69 2.13 2.17 3.58 4.01
34 30 29 32 32 Wisconsin 1.41 2.73 2.8 3.35 3.76
27 29 33 33 33 Michigan 2.18 2.85 2.38 3.31 3.71
38 34 35 34 34 Colorado 1.11 2.17 2.3 3.02 3.64
32 32 31 34 35 Maine 1.49 2.27 2.59 3.02 3.43
40 37 36 38 36 Montana 0.98 1.92 2.21 2.58 3.22
39 33 32 36 37 Wyoming 0.99 2.22 2.53 3 3.21
28 36 38 37 38 New Jersey 1.8 2.11 1.73 2.73 3.13
35 39 39 39 39 Connecticut 1.38 1.86 1.7 2.47 2.92
44 42 41 41 40 Washington 0.73 1.32 1.56 1.97 2.62
36 41 42 40 41 Idaho 1.34 1.45 1.44 2.14 2.39
41 40 40 42 42 New Hampshire 0.93 1.57 1.66 1.78 2.18
48 45 45 43 43 Arizona 0.58 1.09 1.16 1.72 2.05
49 47 43 44 44 Oregon 0.53 0.96 1.17 1.58 2.04
45 46 46 45 45 Massachusetts 0.7 1 1.1 1.39 1.6
46 44 47 46 45 California 0.68 1.14 0.94 1.08 1.6
42 43 43 48 47 Alaska 0.91 1.25 1.17 0.99 1.37
46 48 48 47 48 Rhode Island 0.68 0.84 0.92 1.03 1.09
50 50 50 50 49 Nevada 0.38 0.57 0.57 0.75 0.94
42 49 49 49 50 Hawaii 0.91 0.75 0.82 0.76 0.76
51 51 51 51 51 Utah 0.14 0.33 0.38 0.4 0.42
                     

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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