US Counties With the Highest Orthodox Christian Adherents

3,144 US counties ranked by orthodox christian adherents, from highest to lowest. First are Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK (44.9), Dillingham Census Area, AK (24.4) and Bethel Census Area, AK (19.4). The middle one of the 3,144 has 0.

What this measures

Members of Orthodox Christian churches, such as Greek, Russian and Antiochian Orthodox, 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	Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK	44.9
2	Dillingham Census Area, AK	24.4
3	Bethel Census Area, AK	19.4
4	Kusilvak Census Area, AK	11.8
5	Aleutians East Borough, AK	8.48
6	Aleutians West Census Area, AK	8.03
7	Kodiak Island Borough, AK	6.52
8	Bristol Bay Borough, AK	4.74
9	Davidson County, TN	2.41
10	Lake County, IN	2.16
11	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK	1.91
12	District of Columbia, DC	1.88
13	Pinellas County, FL	1.84
14	Sitka City and Borough, AK	1.77
15	Bergen County, NJ	1.75
16	Alexandria city, VA	1.7
17	Middlesex County, NJ	1.57
18	Hudson County, NJ	1.43
19	Beaver County, PA	1.41
20	Chugach Census Area, AK	1.37
21	Nobles County, MN	1.35
22	Middlesex County, MA	1.34
23	Essex County, MA	1.31
24	Worcester County, MD	1.29
25	Cuyahoga County, OH	1.23
26	DuPage County, IL	1.22
27	Prince George's County, MD	1.22
28	Hamilton County, IN	1.21
29	Macomb County, MI	1.21
30	Morrill County, NE	1.21
31	San Francisco County, CA	1.17
32	Norfolk city, VA	1.14
33	DeKalb County, GA	1.13
34	Moffat County, CO	1.13
35	Worcester County, MA	1.12
36	Arapahoe County, CO	1.12
37	Oakland County, MI	1.1
38	Nassau County, NY	1.09
39	Hopewell city, VA	1.09
40	Providence County, RI	1.08
41	Mahoning County, OH	1.07
42	Minnehaha County, SD	1.07
43	Baltimore city, MD	1.06
44	Harrisonburg city, VA	1.06
45	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK	1.06
46	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT	1.05
47	Boundary County, ID	1.04
48	Fairfax County, VA	1.04
49	Richmond County, NY	1.03
50	Hancock County, WV	1.03
51	Passaic County, NJ	1.02
52	Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT	1
53	Essex County, NJ	0.99
54	Rockland County, NY	0.99
55	Fredericksburg city, VA	0.98
56	Los Angeles County, CA	0.98
57	Cambria County, PA	0.97
58	New York County, NY	0.95
59	Queens County, NY	0.94
60	San Mateo County, CA	0.94
61	Suffolk County, MA	0.93
62	Monmouth County, NJ	0.93
63	Collier County, FL	0.92
64	Hillsborough County, NH	0.92
65	St. Louis city, MO	0.91
66	Richmond city, VA	0.91
67	Fresno County, CA	0.91
68	Broome County, NY	0.86
69	Mecklenburg County, NC	0.83
70	Delaware County, PA	0.82
71	Alameda County, CA	0.81
72	Franklin County, OH	0.8
73	Stark County, OH	0.8
74	Summit County, OH	0.79
75	Montgomery County, MD	0.78
76	Lehigh County, PA	0.78
77	Cook County, IL	0.77
78	King County, WA	0.76
79	Milwaukee County, WI	0.76
80	Woodbury County, IA	0.73
81	Snohomish County, WA	0.73
82	Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.73
83	Rutherford County, TN	0.72
84	Racine County, WI	0.72
85	Nome Census Area, AK	0.72
86	Orange County, CA	0.72
87	Mercer County, NJ	0.7
88	Wayne County, MI	0.69
89	Camden County, NJ	0.69
90	Carson City, NV	0.68
91	Union County, NJ	0.68
92	Multnomah County, OR	0.68
93	Westchester County, NY	0.67
94	Trumbull County, OH	0.67
95	Allegheny County, PA	0.67
96	Ramsey County, MN	0.66
97	Indiana County, PA	0.66
98	Santa Clara County, CA	0.65
99	Cerro Gordo County, IA	0.64
100	Lackawanna County, PA	0.64

Every state, highest first

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

Rank	State	% of population
1	District of Columbia	1.88
2	Alaska	1.5
3	New Jersey	0.84
4	Massachusetts	0.82
5	Rhode Island	0.71
6	New York	0.55
7	California	0.55
8	Maryland	0.54
9	Connecticut	0.52
10	Illinois	0.48
11	Michigan	0.45
12	Nevada	0.45
13	Ohio	0.39
14	Virginia	0.39
15	Pennsylvania	0.37
16	New Hampshire	0.36
17	Tennessee	0.36
18	Washington	0.33
19	Indiana	0.3
20	Florida	0.28
21	Colorado	0.27
22	Delaware	0.26
23	Arizona	0.26
24	South Dakota	0.24
25	Minnesota	0.23
26	Oregon	0.2
27	North Carolina	0.19
28	Texas	0.19
29	Wisconsin	0.17
30	Utah	0.16
31	Georgia	0.15
32	South Carolina	0.14
33	Missouri	0.12
34	Kansas	0.11
35	West Virginia	0.11
36	Maine	0.1
37	Iowa	0.09
38	Nebraska	0.09
39	Kentucky	0.08
40	Montana	0.08
41	Wyoming	0.07
42	Idaho	0.06
43	Louisiana	0.06
44	Vermont	0.06
45	Hawaii	0.05
46	New Mexico	0.05
47	Oklahoma	0.05
48	Alabama	0.05
49	Mississippi	0.04
50	North Dakota	0.04
51	Arkansas	0.04

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