Since 1980, however, California's church membership rate has increased; in 2000, the state had a higher percentage of church members than several states in the Northeast and Midwest.
不過，1980年時，加州的教會會眾人數比例有所上升 ；2000年時，加州的宗教人口比例已經超越許多美國東北部與中西部州份 。