New study ranks religiosity by state, county

[Adam Griffin]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/most-and-least-christian-states_n_1547045.html#slide=1024953

Religious adherents (Christians) by state (per 100,000)

UT: 78,438
ND: 66,950
AL: 62,467
LA: 59,598
OK: 58,598
MS: 58,342
SD: 58,212
MN: 55,280
MA: 55,023
AR: 54,985
NE: 54,776
TN: 54,764
RI: 53,576
TX: 53,525
IA: 53,403
WI: 52,863
PA: 51,883
IL: 51,442
SC: 51,374
KY: 51,055
ID: 50,695
DC: 49,903
KS: 49,666
NJ: 49,575
GA: 49,374
CT: 49,096 <-Middle
NM: 49,044
MO: 48,436
NC: 46,737
NY: 44,488
IN: 43,788
OH: 42,744
CA: 42,430
VA: 41,304
MI: 40,186
DE: 39,575
WY: 39,341
MD: 39,214
MT: 37,824
FL: 37,104
CO: 36,461
HI: 36,103
AZ: 35,842
WV: 35,211
NH: 34,617
NV: 33,395
WA: 33,065
VT: 32,954
AK: 32,810
OR: 30,101
ME: 27,098

[Zanas]

You got Virginia twice.

I kind of think the last one is really Vermont though...

[Simfan34]

Wait, so in Utah 78% of people have a denomination, and in Maine only 23% do? Either we've become a lot more irreligious or I'm misreading this.

[nclib]

If that's accurate (I'm skeptical since NC is less religious than average here), then the map would be:

[Thomas D]

Glad to see the 3 states that could pass gay marriage are red. Not that it helped with Maine 3 years ago. ( But with this issue 3 years is a long time)

[Adam Griffin]

You got Virginia twice.

I kind of think the last one is really Vermont though...

This is correct.

Wait, so in Utah 78% of people have a denomination, and in Maine only 23% do? Either we've become a lot more irreligious or I'm misreading this.

I messed up when describing it. It pertains to Christian adherents only. Here is the criteria for how adherents are determined:

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[Bacon King]

I compared this to McCain's vote share in 2008; I got a correlation coefficient of ~0.36; I would've assumed it to be higher but you have outliers like DC and MA on one extreme and AK and WV on the other.

Also, what's up with Maine?

[Associate Justice PiT]

You got Virginia twice.

I kind of think the last one is really Vermont though...

This is correct.

Wait, so in Utah 78% of people have a denomination, and in Maine only 23% do? Either we've become a lot more irreligious or I'm misreading this.

I messed up when describing it. It pertains to Christian adherents only. Here is the criteria for how adherents are determined:

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     Adherence to non-Christian religions won't be a significant factor in most states. The percentages are still suspiciously low.