Rankings · Place

Highest congregations by state

Congregations per 100,000 residents.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Places of worship per 100,000 residents, from the same census of 372 participating bodies. Counts buildings and congregations rather than people, so a rural county of many small churches can rank far above a city with a few large ones. A count of congregations is not a measure of religiosity: it reflects how a tradition organises itself as much as how many people attend.

  1. 1Arkansas244
  2. 2Mississippi241
  3. 3West Virginia225
  4. 4South Dakota217
  5. 5Alabama213
  6. 6Tennessee193
  7. 7North Dakota184
  8. 8Kentucky180
  9. 9Oklahoma180
  10. 10Utah176
  11. 11Alaska172
  12. 12Wyoming166
  13. 13Montana162
  14. 14South Carolina159
  15. 15Kansas157
  16. 16North Carolina154
  17. 17Iowa151
  18. 18Missouri147
  19. 19Nebraska145
  20. 20Louisiana141
  21. 21Indiana133
  22. 22Idaho130
  23. 23Vermont128
  24. 24Virginia121
  25. 25Georgia120
  26. 26Ohio118
  27. 27Pennsylvania116
  28. 28Maine115
  29. 29New Mexico113
  30. 30District of Columbia109
  31. 31Wisconsin105
  32. 32Minnesota104
  33. 33Texas102
  34. 34Delaware98
  35. 35Hawaii96
  36. 36Michigan96
  37. 37Oregon96
  38. 38Illinois95
  39. 39Maryland93
  40. 40Florida81
  41. 41Washington80
  42. 42New Hampshire76
  43. 43Colorado75
  44. 44Arizona73
  45. 45New York69
  46. 46New Jersey65
  47. 47Rhode Island65
  48. 48Massachusetts62
  49. 49California60
  50. 50Nevada50

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: Connecticut.

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Source: 2020 US Religion Census (ASARB). · How this is built