US Counties With the Highest Mainline Protestant Adherents

3,144 US counties ranked by mainline protestant adherents, from highest to lowest. First are Nelson County, ND (69.5), Burke County, ND (66.8) and Renville County, ND (65.3). The middle one of the 3,144 has 6.39.

What this measures

Members of mainline Protestant churches, such as United Methodist, Presbyterian Church (USA), Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran, 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	Nelson County, ND	69.5
2	Burke County, ND	66.8
3	Renville County, ND	65.3
4	Steele County, ND	59.6
5	Lac qui Parle County, MN	57
6	Kittson County, MN	57
7	Winnebago County, IA	56.5
8	Kingsbury County, SD	55.9
9	Sargent County, ND	54.6
10	Bowman County, ND	54.2
11	McIntosh County, ND	52.9
12	Norman County, MN	51.9
13	Grant County, MN	51.2
14	Chippewa County, MN	50.7
15	Dundy County, NE	49.6
16	Divide County, ND	46.8
17	Lake of the Woods County, MN	46.4
18	Franklin County, NE	46.2
19	Hyde County, SD	45.2
20	Fillmore County, MN	44.1
21	Winneshiek County, IA	43.9
22	Dixon County, NE	43.8
23	Worth County, IA	43.5
24	McHenry County, ND	42.7
25	Hooker County, NE	41.6
26	Frontier County, NE	41.1
27	Pennington County, MN	41
28	Rock County, MN	40.5
29	Williamsburg city, VA	40.3
30	Traill County, ND	40
31	Fillmore County, NE	39.1
32	Thayer County, NE	39
33	Renville County, MN	39
34	Cheyenne County, KS	38.5
35	Freeborn County, MN	38.4
36	Barnes County, ND	38.4
37	Emmet County, IA	38
38	Faribault County, MN	37.9
39	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK	37.4
40	Ness County, KS	37.4
41	Schuyler County, NY	37.4
42	Deuel County, SD	37.3
43	Marshall County, MN	37.2
44	Russell County, KS	37.2
45	Furnas County, NE	37.1
46	Yellow Medicine County, MN	37
47	Ransom County, ND	36.9
48	Pope County, MN	36.8
49	Eddy County, ND	36.3
50	Butler County, IA	36.2
51	Lyon County, IA	36.1
52	Pembina County, ND	36.1
53	Lincoln County, MN	35.9
54	Stevens County, MN	35.9
55	Cavalier County, ND	35.9
56	Dickey County, ND	35.7
57	Cimarron County, OK	35.7
58	Lane County, KS	35.7
59	Boone County, NE	35.5
60	Goodhue County, MN	35
61	Sioux County, IA	35
62	Douglas County, SD	34.9
63	Swift County, MN	34.9
64	Clark County, SD	34.8
65	Campbell County, SD	34.8
66	Republic County, KS	34.8
67	Jerauld County, SD	34.8
68	Adams County, ND	34.7
69	Taylor County, IA	34.6
70	Kandiyohi County, MN	34.1
71	Clayton County, IA	34.1
72	Bremer County, IA	34
73	Grundy County, IA	34
74	Griggs County, ND	33.9
75	Ida County, IA	33.8
76	Day County, SD	33.7
77	Chickasaw County, IA	33.5
78	Decatur County, KS	33.5
79	Jackson County, MN	33.4
80	Marion County, IA	33
81	Rock County, NE	33
82	Wayne County, NE	32.9
83	Franklin County, IA	32.9
84	Gage County, NE	32.8
85	Sheridan County, ND	32.7
86	Montgomery County, IA	32.7
87	Phillips County, KS	32.5
88	Clark County, KS	32.4
89	Covington city, VA	32.4
90	Garfield County, NE	32.3
91	Turner County, SD	32.3
92	Pierce County, ND	32.2
93	Fallon County, MT	32
94	Watonwan County, MN	31.7
95	Allamakee County, IA	31.6
96	Lake County, SD	31.5
97	Grant County, OK	31
98	Trempealeau County, WI	30.9
99	Clay County, IA	30.6
100	Dodge County, MN	30.5

Every state, highest first

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

Rank	State	% of population
1	North Dakota	21
2	South Dakota	17.9
3	Iowa	15.7
4	Minnesota	13.6
5	West Virginia	12.2
6	Nebraska	12
7	District of Columbia	10
8	Pennsylvania	9.92
9	Kansas	9.62
10	North Carolina	9.07
11	Wisconsin	8.43
12	Virginia	8.06
13	Oklahoma	7.73
14	South Carolina	7.42
15	Indiana	6.87
16	Ohio	6.82
17	Georgia	6.63
18	Mississippi	6.56
19	Tennessee	6.48
20	Alabama	6.48
21	Maryland	6.43
22	Delaware	6.38
23	Connecticut	5.83
24	Missouri	5.69
25	Vermont	5.61
26	Kentucky	5.54
27	Arkansas	5.54
28	Illinois	5.21
29	Maine	4.86
30	Michigan	4.7
31	Montana	4.68
32	Texas	4.51
33	New Jersey	4.22
34	New Hampshire	4.12
35	Wyoming	4.07
36	Rhode Island	3.85
37	New York	3.75
38	Louisiana	3.62
39	Massachusetts	3.29
40	Florida	3.06
41	Alaska	3.04
42	Colorado	2.91
43	Idaho	2.68
44	Washington	2.59
45	Hawaii	2.28
46	New Mexico	2.26
47	Oregon	2.15
48	Arizona	1.61
49	California	1.4
50	Nevada	1.05
51	Utah	0.48

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