Lutheran Church Statistics
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Below are statistics for Lutheran Churches by State. Church counts are approximate, and are counted once per location. Ex. - If
a church building hosts an English-speaking congregation in the morning, and a Spanish-speaking congregation in the
evening, it is counted only once.
| State: | Total # Lutheran Churches: | WELS: | LCMC: | LCMS: | ELCA: |
| Minnesota |
1721 |
157 |
71 |
451 |
1028 |
| Wisconsin |
1601 |
426 |
37 |
448 |
674 |
| Pennsylvania |
1322 |
5 |
8 |
85 |
1191 |
| Illinois |
1038 |
32 |
19 |
523 |
447 |
| Michigan |
916 |
144 |
16 |
423 |
323 |
| California |
916 |
52 |
38 |
392 |
425 |
| Ohio |
880 |
22 |
25 |
198 |
588 |
| Texas |
850 |
39 |
34 |
377 |
373 |
| Iowa |
829 |
20 |
39 |
293 |
450 |
| New York |
608 |
6 |
14 |
206 |
376 |
| Nebraska |
566 |
30 |
25 |
266 |
243 |
| Florida |
457 |
44 |
14 |
196 |
197 |
| Indiana |
443 |
12 |
5 |
237 |
178 |
| North Dakota |
439 |
9 |
14 |
83 |
331 |
| Missouri |
431 |
14 |
2 |
341 |
69 |
| Washington |
422 |
31 |
18 |
115 |
255 |
| South Dakota |
400 |
33 |
19 |
115 |
219 |
| North Carolina |
343 |
8 |
7 |
64 |
234 |
| Kansas |
300 |
8 |
8 |
160 |
122 |
| Maryland |
287 |
4 |
6 |
74 |
199 |
| Colorado |
266 |
25 |
6 |
122 |
109 |
| New Jersey |
257 |
2 |
0 |
65 |
189 |
| Virginia |
256 |
9 |
3 |
53 |
187 |
| Oregon |
230 |
20 |
5 |
86 |
117 |
| Arizona |
221 |
51 |
15 |
74 |
80 |
| Montana |
197 |
8 |
23 |
55 |
110 |
| South Carolina |
189 |
4 |
6 |
18 |
156 |
| Georgia |
144 |
9 |
9 |
44 |
79 |
| Oklahoma |
127 |
4 |
2 |
84 |
35 |
| Tennessee |
116 |
9 |
1 |
58 |
46 |
| Connecticut |
111 |
2 |
2 |
37 |
70 |
| Massachusetts |
93 |
4 |
2 |
22 |
65 |
| Alabama |
90 |
3 |
4 |
64 |
19 |
| Idaho |
89 |
3 |
8 |
44 |
33 |
| Arkansas |
88 |
0 |
1 |
67 |
19 |
| Louisiana |
80 |
4 |
0 |
58 |
18 |
| Kentucky |
67 |
4 |
2 |
29 |
30 |
| Wyoming |
66 |
4 |
0 |
39 |
22 |
| New Mexico |
64 |
4 |
2 |
36 |
21 |
| Alaska |
55 |
8 |
1 |
14 |
30 |
| Nevada |
48 |
9 |
0 |
22 |
17 |
| West Virginia |
47 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
42 |
| Mississippi |
39 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
10 |
| Utah |
38 |
3 |
4 |
18 |
13 |
| Maine |
21 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
| New Hampshire |
21 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
13 |
| Delaware |
21 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
13 |
| Hawaii |
19 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
| Rhode Island |
16 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
| Vermont |
11 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
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