Religion
The largest denominations by number of adherents in 2000 were the Roman Catholic Church with 181,434 members; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) with 121,871 members; and the United Methodist Church (UMC) with 37,280 members. (Both the ELCA and UMC are specific denominations within the broader terms 'Lutheran' and 'Methodist', respectively.) The results of a 2001 survey, in which South Dakotans were asked to identify their religion, include:
- Protestant (61%)
- Lutheran (27%)
- Methodist (13%)
- Baptist (4%)
- Presbyterian (4%)
- Other Protestant (6%)
- Non-denominational Christian (7%)
- Roman Catholic (25%)
- Not religious (8%)
- Other religions (3%)
- Refused to answer (2%)
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