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Religious Bodies Among the
Top 10 Largest Denominations
in Individual U.S. States, 1990


This list includes every religious body from the Glenmary data set that was among the top 10 denominations in one or more U.S. states.

Religious Body Number of
States
in which the
church is among
the Top 10
largest churches
in the state
States
Catholic 50 Arkansas, North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia, Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Utah, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
United Methodist Church 50 Alaska, Hawaii, Utah, Oregon, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 45 Connecticut, Idaho, Nevada, Rhode Island, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Wisconsin, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 42 Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Vermont, Indiana, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Florida, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Wyoming, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, Alaska, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota, Wisconsin, North Dakota
Southern Baptist Convention 36 New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Delaware, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Hawaii, Idaho, West Virginia, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Episcopal Church 36 California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Alabama, Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Tennessee, Washington, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island
Assemblies of God 36 Illinois, Wyoming, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Texas, Utah, Washington, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod 29 Arkansas, Florida, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Arizona, New York, Texas, Utah, Washington, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. 28 Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Utah, Wisconsin, California, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, West Virginia
United Church of Christ 21 Maryland, Montana, North Carolina, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 20 Georgia, Louisiana, Delaware, Maine, Virginia, New Hampshire, Vermont, Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska, Montana, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah
Churches of Christ 13 Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 13 Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Kentucky, Indiana
Church of the Nazarene 9 Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Arkansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Idaho, Maine, West Virginia
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 9 North Carolina, Virginia, Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 8 Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia
Seventh-day Adventists 6 Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Hawaii, Oregon, California
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 6 New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina
Unitarian Universalist Association 5 Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
Reformed Church in America 5 New York, South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey
Free Will Baptist, National Association Of, Inc. 4 Alabama, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arkansas
Baptist Missionary Association of America 4 Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 3 South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Presbyterian Church in America 3 Delaware, South Carolina, Mississippi
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 2 Oregon, Hawaii
Armenian Apostolic Church 2 Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Wesleyan Church 1 Delaware
United Baptists 1 Kentucky
Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc. 1 South Carolina
North American Baptist Conference 1 North Dakota
Moravian Church 1 Alaska
Mennonite Church 1 Pennsylvania
Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1 Tennessee
Church of the Brethren 1 Pennsylvania
Christian Reformed Church 1 Michigan
Christian and Missionary Alliance 1 Vermont
Baptist General Conference 1 Minnesota
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations 1 North Dakota



Religious Bodies Among the
Top 4 Largest Denominations
in Individual U.S. States, 1990

This list includes every religious body from the Glenmary data set that was among the top 4 denominations in one or more U.S. states.
Religious Body Number of
States
in which the
church is among
the Top 4
largest churches
in the state
States Region of
Strength
Catholic 48 Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Utah, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee nationwide
United Methodist Church 44 West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming nationwide, esp. midwest
Southern Baptist Convention 27 Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Hawaii, Idaho, West Virginia south
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 15 North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, Alaska, Maryland, Michigan northern midwest
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 13 Idaho, Utah, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico west
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 10 Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia east
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod 9 Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota northern midwest
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. 7 West Virginia, Rhode Island, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New York central eastern
Episcopal Church 7 Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Vermont New England
United Church of Christ 7 Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island New England
Churches of Christ 4 Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas south
Assemblies of God 3 Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon scattered
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2 Alabama, North Carolina southeast
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 2 Indiana, Kentucky
Baptist Missionary Association of America 1 Arkansas
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 1 Wisconsin


Source: Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center, P.O. Box 507, Mars Hill, NC 28754. Principle investigator: Church Growth Research Center, Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, MO. This data source was obtained from the American Religion Data Archive.

Note: For the "Top 10" and "Top 4" ubiquitous lists above, the Glenmary categories: "Black Baptists (estimate)", "Jewish (estimate)", "Independent - Charismatic" and "Independent - Non-charismatic" were left out of the calculations, as these are categories, and do not represent actual religious bodies.

Note: Jehovah's Witnesses were not included in this study. But they would probably be on this list a one of the largest religious bodies in many U.S. states if comparable data were available for them. According to the Kosmin/NSRI study of 1990, New Hampshire is the state with the highest proportion of Jehovah's Witnesses in the population (nearly 2% of state residents).


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