Rankings · Place

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

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