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US Counties With the Highest Religious Adherents

3,144 US counties ranked by religious adherents, from highest to lowest. First are King County, TX (452), Stonewall County, TX (167) and Harmon County, OK (164). The middle one of the 3,144 has 47.6.

What this measures

Members, their children, and others who attend regularly, as a share of the population. It is above 100% in thirty very small counties, where a congregation draws people from beyond the county it sits in. 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

RankCounty% of population
1King County, TX452
2Stonewall County, TX167
3Harmon County, OK164
4Harding County, NM156
5Kiowa County, CO153
6Morris County, TX148
7Worth County, MO147
8Fredericksburg city, VA133
9De Baca County, NM132
10Edmonson County, KY130
11Collingsworth County, TX125
12Martinsville city, VA124
13Franklin County, ID119
14St. James Parish, LA118
15Hooker County, NE117
16Lyman County, SD115
17Schleicher County, TX114
18Throckmorton County, TX111
19Hickman County, KY111
20Greeley County, NE111
21Rich County, UT110
22Franklin city, VA108
23Ouachita County, AR108
24Colonial Heights city, VA108
25Chowan County, NC107
26Bristol city, VA105
27Edwards County, TX104
28Haskell County, TX102
29Terrell County, TX101
30Emmons County, ND101
31Harper County, OK99
32Jefferson County, OK98.1
33Falls Church city, VA97.4
34Caldwell County, KY97.4
35Lac qui Parle County, MN97.4
36Garfield County, UT97.3
37Baylor County, TX96.8
38Zavala County, TX96.5
39Upton County, TX95.7
40Yalobusha County, MS95
41Nelson County, ND94.8
42Dewey County, OK94.4
43Douglas County, SD94.2
44Fairfax city, VA94.2
45Garfield County, NE93.4
46Cavalier County, ND93.1
47Titus County, TX93.1
48Logan County, ND92.9
49Burke County, ND92.8
50Jim Hogg County, TX92.5
51Fisher County, TX92.4
52Cochran County, TX92.3
53Lexington city, VA92.1
54Lipscomb County, TX91.4
55Cimarron County, OK91.2
56Calhoun County, AR91.2
57Cedar County, NE91
58Schley County, GA90.6
59West Carroll Parish, LA90.2
60Grant County, OK90.2
61Eastland County, TX90.2
62Yoakum County, TX90.1
63Box Elder County, UT90
64Bear Lake County, ID90
65Quay County, NM89.9
66Cottle County, TX89.8
67Bowman County, ND89.5
68Ballard County, KY89.4
69Green County, KY89.3
70Hyde County, SD89.3
71Utah County, UT89
72Simpson County, MS88.9
73Boyd County, NE88.9
74Petersburg city, VA88.7
75Briscoe County, TX88.7
76Clay County, MS88.6
77Boone County, NE88.5
78Kent County, TX88.4
79Jefferson County, ID88.3
80Young County, TX88.2
81Santa Cruz County, AZ88.2
82Butte County, ID88.1
83Meade County, KS88
84Dickey County, ND87.9
85Brown County, MN87.8
86Hancock County, KY87.8
87Jackson Parish, LA87.5
88Morgan County, UT87.5
89Jones County, SD87.5
90Ashley County, AR87.5
91Marengo County, AL87.2
92Tillman County, OK87.1
93Greer County, OK87
94Taos County, NM86.5
95Wilbarger County, TX86.5
96Gregg County, TX86.4
97Mills County, TX86.4
98Lavaca County, TX86.3
99Imperial County, CA86.3
100Manassas city, VA86.2

Every state, highest first

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

RankState% of population
1Utah76.1
2Alabama63.6
3Louisiana63.3
4Oklahoma61.2
5Mississippi59.4
6Arkansas57.7
7District of Columbia56.4
8Tennessee55.6
9South Dakota55.4
10North Dakota55
11Texas55
12Idaho52.8
13South Carolina52.7
14New Mexico52.5
15New Jersey52.1
16North Carolina52.1
17Rhode Island51.5
18New York51.2
19Illinois50.8
20Georgia50.7
21Minnesota49.4
22Kentucky49.4
23Nebraska49.3
24Massachusetts48.6
25Missouri48.4
26Wisconsin48
27Ohio47.8
28Connecticut47.4
29Florida47
30Pennsylvania46.8
31Kansas46
32Virginia45.9
33Iowa44.9
34California44.8
35Arizona44
36Maryland43.4
37Indiana42.1
38Nevada41.6
39Hawaii41.5
40Delaware41.4
41Washington41.3
42Wyoming40.4
43Michigan39.7
44West Virginia37.8
45Vermont37.6
46Colorado35.3
47Alaska35.1
48Montana34.9
49Oregon33.1
50Maine30.8
51New Hampshire27.2

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