Comparative Statistics 1998
Research Services
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Region and State/Territory	Number of Members	Population	Members as a Percent of State Population	Percent of Total PC(USA) Membership	Number of Congregations
Northeast	521652	51,721,625	1.01%	20.16%	2275
Connecticut	7,052	3,274,069	0.22%	0.27%	20
Maine	626	1,244,250	0.05%	0.02%	10
Massachusetts	4,245	6,147,132	0.07%	0.16%	33
New Hampshire	2,039	1,185,048	0.17%	0.08%	10
New Jersey	97,949	8,115,011	1.21%	3.79%	371
New York	134,859	18,175,301	0.74%	5.21%	722
Pennsylvania	272,219	12,001,451	2.27%	10.52%	1,091
Rhode Island	1,931	988,480	0.20%	0.07%	9
Vermont	732	590,883	0.12%	0.03%	9
Midwest	677429	62,889,382	1.08%	26.18%	3,059
Illinois	108,505	12,045,326	0.90%	4.19%	460
Indiana	59,438	5,899,195	1.01%	2.30%	261
Iowa	58,864	2,862,447	2.06%	2.27%	306
Kansas	41,661	2,629,067	1.58%	1.61%	196
Michigan	86,268	9,817,242	0.88%	3.33%	270
Minnesota	46,879	4,725,419	0.99%	1.81%	193
Missouri	54,905	5,438,559	1.01%	2.12%	304
Nebraska	32,701	1,662,719	1.97%	1.26%	146
North Dakota	7,649	638,244	1.20%	0.30%	66
Ohio	136,705	11,209,493	1.22%	5.28%	605
South Dakota	10,479	738,171	1.42%	0.41%	86
Wisconsin	33,375	5,223,500	0.64%	1.29%	166
South	999448	95,429,486	1.05%	38.62%	1,452
Alabama	27,988	4,351,999	0.64%	1.08%	165
Arkansas	21,361	2,538,303	0.84%	0.83%	126
Delaware	11,213	743,603	1.51%	0.43%	38
District of Columbia	7,124	523,124	1.36%	0.28%	17
Florida	130,328	14,915,980	0.87%	5.04%	363
Georgia	86,378	7,642,207	1.13%	3.34%	307
Kentucky	31,400	3,936,499	0.80%	1.21%	197
Louisiana	17,890	4,368,967	0.41%	0.69%	117
Maryland	35,147	5,134,808	0.68%	1.36%	146
Mississippi	14,579	2,752,092	0.53%	0.56%	126
North Carolina	166,450	7,546,493	2.21%	6.43%	741
Oklahoma	29,251	3,346,713	0.87%	1.13%	153
South Carolina	82,700	3,835,962	2.16%	3.20%	323
Tennessee	55,931	5,430,621	1.03%	2.16%	305
Texas	144,437	19,759,614	0.73%	5.58%	552
Virginia	111,935	6,791,345	1.65%	4.33%	523
West Virginia	25,336	1,811,156	1.40%	0.98%	204
West	380649	60,258,031	0.63%	14.71%	1,452
Alaska	4,803	614,010	0.78%	0.19%	37
Arizona	27,335	4,668,631	0.59%	1.06%	98
California	182,998	32,666,550	0.56%	7.07%	585
Colorado	37,531	3,970,971	0.95%	1.45%	125
Hawaii	1,360	1,193,001	0.11%	0.05%	6
Idaho	7,838	1,228,684	0.64%	0.30%	51
Montana	7,941	880,453	0.90%	0.31%	53
Nevada	5,402	1,746,898	0.31%	0.21%	19
New Mexico	10,601	1,736,931	0.61%	0.41%	68
Oregon	27,719	3,281,974	0.84%	1.07%	133
Utah	4,534	2,099,758	0.22%	0.18%	23
Washington	57,133	5,689,263	1.00%	2.21%	223
Wyoming	5,454	480,907	1.13%	0.21%	31
Puerto Rico (1996)	8,496	3,827,038	0.22%	0.33%	72
Total	2,587,674	274,125,562	0.94%	100.00%	11,260

¹ Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Press release (December 30, 1997) "Estimates of the Resident Population of States: July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1997" and Press release (April 30, 1997) "Estimates of the Resident Population of Puerto Rico Municipios, July 1, 1996," Public Information Office, U. S. Bureau of the Census.