US Counties With the Highest Evangelical Protestant Adherents

3,144 US counties ranked by evangelical protestant adherents, from highest to lowest. First are King County, TX (452), Harmon County, OK (147) and Kiowa County, CO (147). The middle one of the 3,144 has 19.6.

What this measures

Members of evangelical Protestant churches, such as Southern Baptist, Assemblies of God, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and about two hundred others, as a share of the population. Source: .

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

Rank	County	% of population
1	King County, TX	452
2	Harmon County, OK	147
3	Kiowa County, CO	147
4	Worth County, MO	140
5	Edmonson County, KY	129
6	Morris County, TX	123
7	Stonewall County, TX	111
8	Collingsworth County, TX	101
9	Throckmorton County, TX	89.6
10	Hickman County, KY	87
11	Yalobusha County, MS	83.4
12	Jefferson County, OK	81.3
13	West Carroll Parish, LA	81.2
14	Haskell County, TX	80.5
15	Caldwell County, KY	80.5
16	Eastland County, TX	79
17	Hancock County, TN	78.4
18	Bell County, KY	76.4
19	Chowan County, NC	76.4
20	Ballard County, KY	76.1
21	Catahoula Parish, LA	76.1
22	Kent County, TX	76
23	Banks County, GA	75.2
24	Jackson Parish, LA	74.9
25	Schley County, GA	74.3
26	Cleburne County, AL	73
27	Ouachita County, AR	72.9
28	Latimer County, OK	72.6
29	Green County, KY	72.5
30	Simpson County, MS	72.3
31	Holmes County, OH	72.1
32	Hancock County, KY	72
33	Mercer County, MO	71.7
34	Roger Mills County, OK	70.7
35	Martinsville city, VA	69.8
36	Atoka County, OK	69.1
37	Wilbarger County, TX	68.1
38	Mills County, TX	68
39	Fisher County, TX	68
40	Bristol city, VA	68
41	Butler County, KY	67.5
42	Union County, MS	66.3
43	Calhoun County, MS	66
44	Donley County, TX	65.3
45	Poinsett County, AR	65.3
46	Franklin Parish, LA	65.2
47	Stephens County, TX	65
48	Young County, TX	64.7
49	Colonial Heights city, VA	64.7
50	Bryan County, OK	64.6
51	Etowah County, AL	64.5
52	Marengo County, AL	64.5
53	Todd County, KY	64.2
54	Muhlenberg County, KY	64
55	Benton County, MS	63.8
56	Greer County, OK	63.8
57	Trigg County, KY	63.7
58	Chilton County, AL	63.4
59	Dewey County, OK	63.3
60	Ashley County, AR	63.2
61	Franklin city, VA	63.1
62	Polk County, TN	62.5
63	Caddo County, OK	61.5
64	Cotton County, OK	61.4
65	Harper County, OK	61.1
66	Christian County, MO	60.9
67	Calhoun County, AR	60.8
68	Webster County, MS	60.8
69	Mitchell County, NC	60.6
70	Tillman County, OK	60.6
71	Ottawa County, OK	60.5
72	Washington County, OK	60.5
73	Appling County, GA	60.5
74	Gray County, TX	60.5
75	Winn Parish, LA	60.4
76	Muskogee County, OK	60.3
77	Lee County, AR	60.3
78	Independence County, AR	60.1
79	Adams County, IN	60.1
80	Wright County, MO	59.9
81	Clark County, AR	59.9
82	Briscoe County, TX	59.9
83	Obion County, TN	59.8
84	Pittsburg County, OK	59.7
85	Bienville Parish, LA	59.6
86	Lawrence County, AL	59.5
87	Baylor County, TX	59.5
88	Kiowa County, OK	59.5
89	Houston County, AL	59.5
90	Cottle County, TX	59.2
91	Tippah County, MS	59.2
92	McCracken County, KY	59.1
93	Hutchinson County, SD	59
94	Alcorn County, MS	59
95	Haskell County, OK	59
96	Montgomery County, MS	58.8
97	Gulf County, FL	58.8
98	Pontotoc County, MS	58.8
99	Ohio County, KY	58.8
100	Love County, OK	58.8

Every state, highest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

Rank	State	% of population
1	Alabama	42.1
2	Oklahoma	41.9
3	Mississippi	39
4	Arkansas	38.3
5	Tennessee	36.3
6	Kentucky	31.4
7	South Carolina	29
8	North Carolina	26.6
9	Georgia	26.2
10	Louisiana	25
11	Missouri	24
12	Texas	23.5
13	Washington	20.4
14	Virginia	20.3
15	South Dakota	20.2
16	Ohio	19.7
17	Florida	18.4
18	Indiana	18.2
19	Alaska	17.9
20	Kansas	17.4
21	West Virginia	16.8
22	District of Columbia	15.3
23	Wisconsin	14.5
24	Nebraska	14.4
25	Montana	13.7
26	New Mexico	12.9
27	Oregon	12.8
28	Idaho	12.4
29	Michigan	12.1
30	Minnesota	11.8
31	Illinois	11.7
32	Colorado	11.7
33	Maryland	11.3
34	Wyoming	11.2
35	Iowa	11
36	North Dakota	10.8
37	Arizona	10.6
38	Pennsylvania	9.74
39	Hawaii	9.29
40	Delaware	9.13
41	California	8.97
42	Vermont	7.25
43	Connecticut	6.88
44	Nevada	6.75
45	Maine	6.1
46	New York	5.12
47	New Jersey	5.1
48	New Hampshire	4.84
49	Rhode Island	3.83
50	Massachusetts	3.65
51	Utah	2.03

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