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| Religious Body | Number of States in which the church is among the Top 10 largest churches in the state |
States |
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| 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 Body | Number of States in which the church is among the Top 4 largest churches in the state |
States | Region of Strength |
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| 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 |