Least Reached US Areas
After months working on gathering, organizing, and visualizing the data, this day has arrived.
At the links below, you will find information on:
Evangelical percentages across all states
50 least evangelical metro areas (≤5% evangelical)
100 least evangelical counties (≤3% evangelical)
States with the greatest percentage of evangelical growth (1980-2020)
Least evangelical church to population ratios by state, metro, and county
Foreign-born populations within these locations
I plan to share more details in the coming days on this site and at the YT Channel
Interactive Map (at Diaspora Missions Collective)
Info Graphics and Charts (ppt file)
Much appreciation to Brent Waldrep and team for the hard work developing the interactive, on-line map showing stats and locations in conjunction with the foreign-born populations; Scott Fisk and Rachel Kichuk for the charts, maps, and infographics; and Hutton Cate, Rachel Kichuk, J. P. Gardner, and Chase Mobbs for work on developing the excel file.
The source of the data is from the work of Clifford Grammich, Erica Dollhopf, Mary Gautier, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley, and Scott Thumma. (2023, March 31). 2020 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. My study would have been impossible without these researchers and their labors. They are to be highly commended for their outstanding scholarship.