Least Reached Counties in the United States
Recently I shared about the release of the 2010 U. S. Congregational Membership Report. I am pleased to know that some folks across the country are shifting through the numbers to guide their strategic planning. I hope they are planning on sharing their findings with the rest of us.
I want to draw your attention to the U. S. counties that are under 3 percent evangelical. While I would never attempt to label a county an unreached people group, just remember that many within the missiological community identify a UPG as less than 2 percent evangelical. You will see several counties below that fall under 2 percent.
Yes, such places do exist in North America. And within these geographical regions we find ta ethne.
What I have posted below is a table containing some of the findings from the 2010 study. The county and state name is provided, followed by the number of evangelicals living in the county and their percent of the population in 2010. You may find the full list HERE.
Will you and your church consider praying, going, and sending missionary teams into these areas of the country to plant churches from the harvest fields? Will you consider encouraging our brothers and sisters who are laboring in these areas?
| U. S. COUNTY |
EVANGELICALS |
% OF POPULATION |
| Judith Basin County, Montana |
62 |
2.99 |
| Kane County, Utah |
213 |
2.99 |
| Carbon County, Pennsylvania |
1943 |
2.98 |
| Nassau County, New York |
39923 |
2.98 |
| Franklin County, Maine |
908 |
2.95 |
| Bethel Census Area, Alaska |
501 |
2.94 |
| Clinton County, New York |
2417 |
2.94 |
| Esmeralda County, Nevada |
23 |
2.94 |
| Otsego County, New York |
1829 |
2.94 |
| Washington County, New York |
1856 |
2.94 |
| Iowa County, Wisconsin |
694 |
2.93 |
| Sussex County, New Jersey |
4368 |
2.93 |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska |
164 |
2.93 |
| Coos County, New Hampshire |
966 |
2.92 |
| Franklin County, Massachusetts |
2079 |
2.91 |
| Millard County, Utah |
364 |
2.91 |
| Ziebach County, South Dakota |
81 |
2.89 |
| Keokuk County, Iowa |
303 |
2.88 |
| Elk County, Pennsylvania |
905 |
2.83 |
| Essex County, Massachusetts |
20925 |
2.82 |
| Mono County, California |
395 |
2.78 |
| Wyoming County, New York |
1168 |
2.77 |
| Conejos County, Colorado |
228 |
2.76 |
| Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
41270 |
2.75 |
| Bennington County, Vermont |
1005 |
2.71 |
| Providence County, Rhode Island |
16895 |
2.7 |
| Salt Lake County, Utah |
27497 |
2.67 |
| Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
13159 |
2.66 |
| Tolland County, Connecticut |
4069 |
2.66 |
| Carroll County, New Hampshire |
1241 |
2.6 |
| Davis County, Utah |
7928 |
2.59 |
| Sevier County, Utah |
539 |
2.59 |
| Monmouth County, New Jersey |
16025 |
2.54 |
| Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
7456 |
2.53 |
| St. Martin Parish, Louisiana |
1322 |
2.53 |
| Ocean County, New Jersey |
14510 |
2.52 |
| Franklin County, New York |
1277 |
2.47 |
| Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
5281 |
2.45 |
| Granite County, Montana |
75 |
2.44 |
| Fulton County, New York |
1351 |
2.43 |
| Middlesex County, Connecticut |
3978 |
2.4 |
| Pitkin County, Colorado |
409 |
2.39 |
| Hancock County, Maine |
1288 |
2.37 |
| Winneshiek County, Iowa |
500 |
2.37 |
| Litchfield County, Connecticut |
4483 |
2.36 |
| Sioux County, North Dakota |
98 |
2.36 |
| Pike County, Pennsylvania |
1351 |
2.35 |
| Windham County, Vermont |
1026 |
2.3 |
| Kent County, Rhode Island |
3786 |
2.28 |
| Herkimer County, New York |
1461 |
2.26 |
| Ulster County, New York |
4104 |
2.25 |
| Belknap County, New Hampshire |
1315 |
2.19 |
| Dundy County, Nebraska |
44 |
2.19 |
| Addison County, Vermont |
801 |
2.18 |
| Berkshire County, Massachusetts |
2817 |
2.15 |
| Rensselaer County, New York |
3424 |
2.15 |
| Tooele County, Utah |
1250 |
2.15 |
| Columbia County, New York |
1329 |
2.11 |
| Pocahontas County, Iowa |
152 |
2.08 |
| Summit County, Utah |
751 |
2.07 |
| Todd County, South Dakota |
195 |
2.03 |
| Elliott County, Kentucky |
158 |
2.01 |
| Hampshire County, Massachusetts |
3128 |
1.98 |
| White Pine County, Nevada |
196 |
1.95 |
| Sullivan County, New Hampshire |
849 |
1.94 |
| Dukes County, Massachusetts |
310 |
1.87 |
| Newport County, Rhode Island |
1522 |
1.84 |
| Franklin County, Vermont |
874 |
1.83 |
| Sullivan County, New York |
1399 |
1.8 |
| Schuyler County, New York |
329 |
1.79 |
| Washington County, Utah |
2345 |
1.7 |
| Yates County, New York |
432 |
1.7 |
| Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
11323 |
1.69 |
| Stanley County, South Dakota |
50 |
1.69 |
| Grafton County, New Hampshire |
1494 |
1.68 |
| Bingham County, Idaho |
757 |
1.66 |
| Mountrail County, North Dakota |
124 |
1.62 |
| Box Elder County, Utah |
807 |
1.61 |
| Nantucket County, Massachusetts |
158 |
1.55 |
| St. James Parish, Louisiana |
340 |
1.54 |
| Orange County, Vermont |
438 |
1.51 |
| Cache County, Utah |
1596 |
1.42 |
| Jackson County, Iowa |
250 |
1.26 |
| Bear Lake County, Idaho |
75 |
1.25 |
| Clear Creek County, Colorado |
113 |
1.24 |
| Putnam County, New York |
1208 |
1.21 |
| Franklin County, Idaho |
150 |
1.17 |
| Putnam County, Illinois |
67 |
1.12 |
| Oneida County, Idaho |
45 |
1.05 |
| Caribou County, Idaho |
60 |
0.86 |
| Jefferson County, Idaho |
213 |
0.81 |
| Sanpete County, Utah |
213 |
0.77 |
| Storey County, Nevada |
29 |
0.72 |
| Wasatch County, Utah |
150 |
0.64 |
| Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska |
6 |
0.6 |
| Utah County, Utah |
2540 |
0.49 |
| Garfield County, Utah |
25 |
0.48 |
| Madison County, Idaho |
162 |
0.43 |
| Beaver County, Utah |
28 |
0.42 |
| Bristol County, Rhode Island |
198 |
0.4 |
| Wayne County, Utah |
10 |
0.36 |
| Teton County, Idaho |
29 |
0.29 |
| Skagway Municipality, Alaska |
2 |
0.21 |
| Keweenaw County, Michigan |
0 |
0 |