All Religions - Rankings by Area (States) [Counties] [Metro-Areas]
Using data from the 1980-2020 U.S. Religion Census, this list ranks U.S. States on the percent of all residents that are affiliated with a religious organization.
Rank 2020 |
Rank 2010 |
Rank 2000 |
Rank 1990 |
Rank 1980 |
State | Percent 2020 |
Percent 2010 |
Percent 2000 |
Percent 1990 |
Percent 1980 |
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17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Rhode Island | 51.5 | 54.81 | 63.45 | 76.73 | 75.54 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Utah | 76.09 | 79.1 | 74.73 | 79.75 | 75.19 |
11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | North Dakota | 55.01 | 67.12 | 73.2 | 75.86 | 73.93 |
9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | South Dakota | 55.37 | 58.56 | 67.81 | 68.1 | 66.92 |
21 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | Minnesota | 49.49 | 56.3 | 61.7 | 64.85 | 65.09 |
24 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | Massachusetts | 48.64 | 57.24 | 64.09 | 65.52 | 64.65 |
26 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | Wisconsin | 48.04 | 53.58 | 60.43 | 64.6 | 64.56 |
23 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 8 | Nebraska | 49.27 | 55.65 | 58.83 | 63.77 | 63.21 |
28 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 9 | Connecticut | 47.37 | 51.22 | 57.87 | 62.29 | 61.56 |
33 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 10 | Iowa | 44.86 | 53.91 | 58.48 | 60.54 | 61.4 |
30 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 11 | Pennsylvania | 46.89 | 53.83 | 57.94 | 61.36 | 60.95 |
14 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 12 | New Mexico | 52.51 | 50.07 | 58.15 | 58.69 | 58.92 |
4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | Oklahoma | 61.17 | 59.34 | 60.75 | 66.83 | 57.98 |
2 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 14 | Alabama | 63.6 | 62.92 | 54.76 | 70.96 | 57.4 |
3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 15 | Louisiana | 63.32 | 60.59 | 58.78 | 70.5 | 57.37 |
19 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 16 | Illinois | 50.81 | 55.29 | 55.29 | 59.91 | 55.11 |
5 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 17 | Mississippi | 59.43 | 58.73 | 54.64 | 70.18 | 55.04 |
10 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 18 | Texas | 55.05 | 55.65 | 55.5 | 64.14 | 54.69 |
8 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 19 | Tennessee | 55.63 | 55.5 | 51.07 | 61.2 | 54.28 |
22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 20 | Kentucky | 49.4 | 51.56 | 53.43 | 60.44 | 54.16 |
15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | New Jersey | 52.17 | 54.7 | 57.74 | 61.25 | 54.15 |
6 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 22 | Arkansas | 57.76 | 55.36 | 57.11 | 60.62 | 53.98 |
16 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 23 | North Carolina | 52.14 | 47.51 | 45.36 | 60.01 | 53.95 |
25 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 24 | Missouri | 48.4 | 49.27 | 51.7 | 57.55 | 53.58 |
31 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 25 | Kansas | 46.02 | 50.62 | 49.36 | 54.67 | 53.44 |
13 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 26 | South Carolina | 52.67 | 52.17 | 47.57 | 61.88 | 51.41 |
12 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 27 | Idaho | 52.73 | 51.13 | 48.47 | 50.4 | 50.05 |
18 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 28 | New York | 51.22 | 51.2 | 60.39 | 65.66 | 49.67 |
27 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 29 | Ohio | 47.85 | 43.96 | 44.94 | 50.12 | 49.51 |
7 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 30 | District Of Columbia | 56.44 | 55.23 | 73.16 | 61.65 | 48.94 |
45 | 49 | 44 | 42 | 31 | Vermont | 37.63 | 33.62 | 39.13 | 42.07 | 47.84 |
20 | 26 | 34 | 27 | 32 | Georgia | 50.78 | 50.83 | 44.77 | 57.58 | 47.04 |
29 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 33 | Florida | 47.07 | 39.13 | 41.14 | 43.84 | 46.22 |
37 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 34 | Indiana | 42.14 | 44.32 | 42.9 | 47.52 | 44.78 |
51 | 45 | 28 | 44 | 35 | New Hampshire | 27.21 | 35.15 | 47.66 | 39.51 | 44.31 |
48 | 41 | 35 | 40 | 36 | Montana | 34.83 | 38.1 | 44.72 | 42.7 | 44.27 |
42 | 39 | 30 | 35 | 37 | Wyoming | 40.39 | 39.57 | 46.72 | 47.7 | 44.18 |
43 | 35 | 38 | 30 | 38 | Michigan | 39.67 | 42.14 | 41.83 | 50.41 | 42.67 |
32 | 32 | 39 | 34 | 39 | Virginia | 45.99 | 44.82 | 41.58 | 47.93 | 41.76 |
50 | 51 | 45 | 46 | 40 | Maine | 30.79 | 27.63 | 36.35 | 36.4 | 41.01 |
40 | 37 | 41 | 37 | 41 | Delaware | 41.35 | 41.75 | 40.59 | 45.98 | 40.3 |
36 | 36 | 36 | 33 | 42 | Maryland | 43.47 | 41.83 | 43.27 | 48.34 | 40.21 |
44 | 44 | 47 | 43 | 43 | West Virginia | 37.77 | 35.52 | 35.94 | 41.37 | 39.7 |
35 | 43 | 42 | 39 | 44 | Arizona | 44.06 | 37.23 | 39.91 | 43.03 | 39.47 |
46 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 45 | Colorado | 35.4 | 37.82 | 39.45 | 39.29 | 36.59 |
49 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 46 | Oregon | 33.18 | 31.18 | 31.31 | 32.2 | 36.05 |
34 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 47 | California | 44.83 | 45 | 46.09 | 42.28 | 34.46 |
39 | 38 | 46 | 47 | 48 | Hawaii | 41.48 | 41.31 | 36.2 | 35.26 | 33.2 |
41 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 49 | Washington | 41.33 | 34.61 | 32.96 | 33.13 | 30.99 |
47 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | Alaska | 35.18 | 33.9 | 34.32 | 32.24 | 30.71 |
38 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 51 | Nevada | 41.6 | 34.36 | 34.28 | 32.14 | 29.2 |
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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