Revealed: The 20 Most Churched — and Unchurched — Cities in America

CHATTANOOGA, TN - JULY 19 : Evangelist Andrew Green from the Highways and Hedges Ministry preaches near the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up on July 19, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. . The gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the military recruiting station at the strip mall on July 16th and then drove more than seven miles away to an operational support center operated by the U.S. Navy and killed four United States Marines and a Navy sailor. The gunman was likely killed in a exchange of gunfire with the police. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
CHATTANOOGA, TN - JULY 19 : Evangelist Andrew Green from the Highways and Hedges Ministry preaches near the Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard Recruitment Office which had been shot up on July 19, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. . The gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the military recruiting station at the strip mall on July 16th and then drove more than seven miles away to an operational support center operated by the U.S. Navy and killed four United States Marines and a Navy sailor. The gunman was likely killed in a exchange of gunfire with the police. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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A new report reveals the most “churched” and “unchurched” cities in America — the big cities that have the largest and smallest proportions of residents attending houses of worship each week.

Polling firm the Barna Group found that 38 percent of Americans are “active churchgoers,” compared to 43 percent who haven’t attended church in the past six months (i.e. the unchurched).

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Additionally, 34 percent are dechurched, meaning they were former church members but haven’t attended in the past six months.

As it turns out, the most churched cities in America are Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Salt Lake City, Utah, with 59 percent of the residents in both localities heading to houses of worship each week.

Here’s a list of the top 20 most churched cities below:

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Meanwhile, the five most dechurched cities are San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California (47 percent), Boston-Manchester, Massachusetts: (46 percent), Seattle-Tacoma, Washington (45 percent), Portland-Auburn, Maine (45 percent) and Springfield-Holyoke, Massachusetts (43 percent).

Read the entire report here for the full lists of the most unchurched and dechurched cities in America.