Southern Baptists: Statistical Data by State Conventions

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 June 2003

SBC church members 1993SBC churches 1993SBC church members 2003SBC churches 2003Baptist church members 1990Baptist churches 1990state(s) population 1990state(s) population 2000
Alabama1,069,7583,0791,130,5983,1901,768,7086,3684,040,5874,447,100
Alaska24,6026217,1287228,888118550,043626,932
Arizona130,539282112,430328177,8786343,665,2285,130,632
Arkansas507,1821,313532,2341,394772,9983,5442,350,7252,673,400
California404,5081,146494,1561,473972,4593,50229,760,02133,871,648
Colorado67,54920559,832243124,9875563,294,3944,301,261
Delaware/Maryland113,732339109,520391332,2806875,447,6366,080,086
District of Columbia10,6123236,11311572,282135606,900572,059
Florida992,6971,8091,048,6872,0781,596,9473,39412,937,92615,982,378
Georgia1,287,2373,0921,375,2563,2141,813,9504,5386,478,2168,186,453
Hawaii16,1266417,2878617,293901,108,2291,211,537
Idaho/Utah24,22110619,50011640,5602522,729,5993,527,122
Illinois240,498941242,4511,042648,5922,18811,430,60212,419,293
Indiana98,80032296,941345473,1301,6355,544,1596,080,485
Iowa11,4616411,7817665,3034492,776,7552,926,324
Kansas/Nebraska88,31126995,623309217,7101,0984,055,9594,399,681
Kentucky774,0822,297781,8142,4021,027,9953,9993,685,2964,041,769
Louisiana598,2231,361585,8951,425912,4192,4324,219,9734,468,976
Michigan50,38225439,397265405,6211,5959,295,2979,938,444
Minnesota/Wisconsin14,5829316,379109166,3808639,266,86810,283,154
Mississippi693,2931,994708,7542,0341,136,4503,6722,573,2162,844,658
Missouri637,3281,861641,2211,881742,7853,5415,117,0735,595,211
Montana10,4759011,44110718,141188799,065902,195
Nevada26,8568328,14712243,2331341,201,8331,998,257
NEW ENGLAND21,30613321,812150239,7911,38813,206,94313,922,517
New Jersey/Pennsylvania30,90920250,798268550,5991,87619,611,83120,695,404
New Mexico113,088272105,802301118,4553991,515,0691,819,046
New York12,40017826,588289483,4741,43117,990,45518,976,457
North Carolina1,200,7113,5541,258,7523,7621,719,3956,3616,628,6378,049,313
North Dakota/South Dakota8,528507,5567429,6692371,334,8041,397,044
Ohio153,343506140,914532543,0402,36710,847,11511,353,140
Oklahoma780,6751,496769,1291,622898,2022,5033,145,5853,450,654
Oregon/Washington77,57832477,881361213,7781,1837,709,0139,315,520
Puerto Rico5,128453,4785224,3961283,522,037
South Carolina726,7521,799743,0831,9801,143,5873,7493,486,7034,012,012
Tennessee1,108,7392,8361,098,7473,0471,352,4404,3054,877,1855,689,283
Texas2,609,5994,4352,849,2075,2273,399,3108,36216,986,51020,851,820
Virginia606,1571,535637,9481,698992,8433,6996,187,3587,078,515
West Virginia38,31914431,146154174,4031,3741,793,4771,808,344
Wyoming15,182679,6067825,354143453,588493,782

HMB mission personnel 1991NAMB mission personnel 1998NAMB mission personnel 2003NAMB mission corps 2003HMB funding 1994 ($)SBC CP receipts 1992SBC CP receipts 2002
Alabama65504759446,30716,925,944
Alaska69251311977,834207,094
Arizona12912289561,155,682749,972
Arkansas616510244343,4507,709,920
California363269303462,949,0142,219,856
Colorado1116571691,175,039516,882
Delaware/Maryland9984947729,4101,668,373
District of Columbia81261305,080273,877
Florida2557370641,531,09113,803,990
Georgia13015214172840,95220,453,741
Hawaii5543359759,220298,751
Idaho/Utah70868513917,223126,449
Illinois1018574101,082,6152,918,660
Indiana876610710925,458640,960
Iowa7045560648,63382,099
Kansas/Nebraska13071148641,250,828980,772
Kentucky56375846320,3357,915,457
Louisiana118742050907,8057,504,755
Michigan1006698161,198,583503,274
Minnesota/Wisconsin100656616750,51591,546
Mississippi230021207,26710,558,915
Missouri45363934451,7226,028,076
Montana52645921587,27885,043
Nevada7976707956,629242,883
NEW ENGLAND171129133141,487,435129,351
New Jersey/Pennsylvania145100105101,267,179189,940
New Mexico93636038844,824995,371
New York188127126121,820,306213,191
North Carolina118404410562,4929,787,877
North Dakota/South Dakota58292412603,82823,499
Ohio15214815331913,3911,806,038
Oklahoma1209712742819,8508,486,334
Oregon/Washington12795106581,320,428718,247
Puerto Rico42262323,512
South Carolina5038339351,97712,411,398
Tennessee66467025288,44613,584,024
Texas20471588071,089,49518,124,858
Virginia9274935296,9294,846,842
West Virginia81475711718,445401,783
Wyoming4547281253,655125,735

Notes: Entries are organized by SBC state conventions. For multi-state conventions, data for individual states are merged. "NEW ENGLAND" includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. For states with two state conventions recognized by the SBC (Texas and Virginia), data for individual conventions are merged. For Missouri, data is only included for the convention recognized by the SBC. HMB/NAMB mission personnel are as of year end and exclude Mission Service Corps. Baptist members/churches are composite statistics/estimates for all Baptist denominations, with reporting from various calender years.

Sources:
HMB mission personnel, 1991: SBC annual Book of Reports, 1992
NAMB mission personnel, 1998: SBC annual Book of Reports, 1999
NAMB mission personnel/mission corps personnel, 2003: SBC annual Book of Reports, 2003
HMB funding 1994: BGCT Report and Recommendations from the BGCT/HMB Study Committee, 1995
SBC CP receipts, 2003: SBC annual Book of Reports, 2003
SBC members/churches, 1993: Wardin, ed., Baptists Around the World, 1995
SBC members/churches, 2003: SBC annual Book of Reports, 2003
Baptist members/churches, 1990: Wardin, ed., Baptists Around the World, 1995
state population, 1990/2000: U.S. Census Bureau, on line, 2001.

© 2001, 2003 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last updated 30 June 2003.
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