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List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity

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The degree of religiosity in the population of the United States can be compared to that in other countries and compared state-by-state, based on individual self-assessment and polling data.

United States

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Religious groups in the USA by year
Religion200720142023–2024
Christian78%71%62%
Evangelical Protestant26%25%23%
Mainline Protestant18%15%11%
Historical Black Protestant7%6%5%
Catholic24%21%19%
Latter-Day Saints2%2%2%
Orthodox Christian1%<1%1%
Jehovah's Witness1%1%<1%
Other Christian<1%<1%1%
Other religions5%6%7%
Jewish2%2%2%
Muslim<1%1%1%
Buddhist1%1%1%
Hindu<1%1%1%
Other world religions<1%<1%<1%
Something else1%2%2%
Religious unaffiliated16%23%29%
Atheist2%3%5%
Agnostic2%4%6%
Nothing in particular12%16%19%

Methodologies

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The Gallup Poll assesses religiosity around the world,[1] asking "Is religion important in your daily life?" and in the United States by state, asking the degree to which respondents consider themselves to be religious. The Pew Research Center and Public Religion Research Institute have conducted studies of reported frequency of attendance to religious service.[2] The Harris Poll has conducted surveys of the percentage of people who believe in God.[3]

Results

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Religious denominations (Pew Research 2014)

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Religion in the United States by state and the District of Columbia (2014)
RegionNet religious (%)Protestant (%)Catholic (%)Latter-day Saint (%)Other Christian (%)Other (%)Irreligious (%)Don't know (%)Reference
Mississippi Mississippi 89 79 4 1 <1 2 10 1 [4]
Alabama Alabama 87 80 7 1 <1 1 12 1 [5]
Louisiana Louisiana 86 58 26 <1 2 2 13 1 [6]
Tennessee Tennessee 85 77 6 1 1 3 14 1 [7]
South Dakota South Dakota 82 58 22 <1 <1 3 18 <1 [8]
Texas Texas 82 50 23 1 2 4 18 <1 [9]
Arkansas Arkansas 81 75 8 1 <1 3 18 1 [10]
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 81 70 9 1 2 3 18 1 [11]
New Jersey New Jersey 81 31 34 1 2 14 18 1 [12]
Oklahoma Oklahoma 81 70 8 1 <1 2 18 1 [13]
West Virginia West Virginia 81 73 6 2 <1 3 18 1 [14]
Kansas Kansas 80 58 18 1 1 4 20 <1 [15]
Nebraska Nebraska 80 53 23 1 <1 4 20 <1 [16]
North Dakota North Dakota 80 52 26 <1 <1 3 20 <1 [17]
South Carolina South Carolina 80 68 10 1 2 3 19 1 [18]
Virginia Virginia 80 59 12 2 1 6 20 <1 [19]
Missouri Missouri 79 60 16 1 <1 3 20 1 [20]
New Mexico New Mexico 79 38 34 2 1 4 21 <1 [21]
North Carolina North Carolina 79 69 9 1 2 3 20 1 [22]
Rhode Island Rhode Island 79 30 42 1 2 5 20 1 [23]
Iowa Iowa 78 65 18 <1 <1 1 21 1 [24]
Minnesota Minnesota 78 50 22 1 <1 5 20 2 [17]
Ohio Ohio 78 55 18 1 1 4 22 <1 [25]
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 78 47 24 <1 1 6 21 1 [26]
Illinois Illinois 77 43 28 <1 2 6 22 1 [27]
Kentucky Kentucky 77 67 10 <1 <1 2 22 1 [28]
Maryland Maryland 77 54 15 1 2 8 23 <1 [29]
Utah Utah 77 13 5 55 <1 4 22 1 [30]
United States United States 76.6 46.5 20.8 1.6 1.7 5.9 22.8 0.6 [31]
Connecticut Connecticut 76 35 33 1 2 7 23 1 [32]
Delaware Delaware 76 46 22 <1 1 6 23 1 [33]
Florida Florida 76 46 21 1 2 6 24 <1 [34]
Michigan Michigan 75 54 18 <1 2 5 24 1 [35]
Wisconsin Wisconsin 75 44 25 <1 2 4 25 <1 [36]
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 74 41 20 2 1 9 25 1 [37]
Indiana Indiana 74 55 18 1 <1 2 26 <1 [38]
Wyoming Wyoming 74 43 14 9 4 3 26 <1 [39]
Arizona Arizona 73 39 21 5 1 6 27 <1 [40]
Hawaii Hawaii 73 38 20 3 2 10 26 1 [41]
Idaho Idaho 73 37 10 19 1 4 27 <1 [42]
California California 72 32 28 1 3 9 27 1 [43]
New York (state) New York 72 26 31 <1 2 12 27 1 [44]
Nevada Nevada 71 35 25 4 2 5 28 1 [45]
Montana Montana 70 42 17 4 2 5 30 <1 [46]
Colorado Colorado 69 43 16 2 2 5 29 2 [47]
Alaska Alaska 68 37 16 5 5 6 31 1 [48]
Oregon Oregon 68 43 12 4 2 7 31 1 [49]
Maine Maine 67 37 21 2 1 7 31 2 [50]
Massachusetts Massachusetts 67 21 34 1 1 9 32 1 [51]
Washington (state) Washington 67 40 17 3 3 6 32 1 [52]
New Hampshire New Hampshire 64 30 26 1 2 5 36 <1 [53]
Vermont Vermont 61 30 22 <1 1 8 37 2 [54]

Religions by metropolitan areas

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Religion in major U.S metropolitan areas (2014)[55]
Metro areaNet religious (%)Total Christian (%)Evangelical Protestant (%)Mainline Protestant (%)Historically Black Protestant (%)Catholic (%)Latter-day Saint (%)Other (%)None (%)
Dallas 82 78 38 14 7 15 1 4 18
Atlanta 80 76 33 12 18 11 1 3 20
Houston 80 73 30 11 9 19 1 4 20
Miami 79 68 20 11 8 27 <1 10 21
Chicago 78 71 16 11 8 34 <1 7 22
Minneapolis 77 70 15 27 4 21 1 5 23
Detroit 76 67 20 14 15 16 <1 8 24
New York City 76 59 9 8 6 33 <1 16 24
Philadelphia 76 68 13 17 11 26 <1 8 24
Washington, D.C. 76 65 14 15 12 19 1 10 24
Los Angeles 75 65 18 9 3 32 <1 9 25
Riverside, Calif. 75 71 30 10 3 22 3 4 25
Phoenix 74 66 25 11 1 21 6 7 26
San Diego 73 68 14 16 2 32 2 5 27
Boston 67 57 9 13 3 29 <1 10 33
San Francisco 65 48 10 6 4 25 1 15 35
Seattle 63 52 23 10 1 15 1 10 37

Attendance

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Church or synagogue attendance by state in 2009
  ≥50% attending weekly
  45-49% attending weekly
  40-44% attending weekly
  35-39% attending weekly
  30-34% attending weekly
  25-29% attending weekly
  20-24% attending weekly
  15-19% attending weekly

A 2013 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute reported that 31% of Americans attend religious services at least weekly.[2] In 2006, a world-wide online Harris Poll surveyed 2,010 U.S. adults[56] and found that 26% of those surveyed attended religious services "every week or more often", 9% went "once or twice a month", 21% went "a few times a year", 3% went "once a year", 22% went "less than once a year", and 18% never attend religious services. A 2013 Harris Poll reported an 8% decline in a belief in God, since a prior 2009 poll.[3]

According to a 2011 Gallup poll, the state with the greatest percentage of respondents identifying as "very religious" was Mississippi (59%), and the state with the smallest percentage were Vermont and New Hampshire (23%), while Florida (39%) and Minnesota (40%) were near the median.[57] A 2014 Pew Research poll found that the states with the greatest percentage of respondents who stated that religion was "very important" or "somewhat important" to their lives were Alabama (90%) and Louisiana (90%), while the state with the smallest percentage was Vermont (57%).[58]

U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

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Religious service attendance by state (2023-2024 survey).[59]
StateAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthA few times a yearSeldom/neverNo answer
Alabama34%9%19%37%1%
Alaska19%6%20%55%<1%
Arizona26%6%16%51%1%
Arkansas30%11%18%41%<1%
California20%7%19%53%<1%
Colorado20%7%14%59%<1%
Connecticut17%6%18%59%<1%
District of Columbia27%6%19%47%1%
Delaware27%6%16%49%1%
Florida22%9%20%47%1%
Georgia27%11%19%43%1%
Hawaii17%2%18%62%1%
Idaho34%7%9%51%<1%
Illinois25%8%19%47%1%
Indiana31%5%15%47%1%
Iowa21%9%20%50%<1%
Kansas34%5%20%40%1%
Kentucky31%8%13%47%<1%
Louisiana34%11%17%37%1%
Maine16%2%12%69%1%
Maryland25%5%18%52%1%
Massachusetts14%6%17%63%<1%
Michigan24%9%15%52%1%
Minnesota21%11%20%47%<1%
Mississippi48%6%10%36%<1%
Missouri28%8%12%51%1%
Montana23%9%11%56%<1%
Nebraska27%11%19%43%1%
Nevada13%7%16%64%<1%
New Hampshire13%5%13%69%<1%
New Jersey23%8%19%49%1%
New Mexico25%9%18%47%<1%
New York18%8%23%50%1%
North Carolina30%9%18%42%1%
North Dakota25%18%16%39%2%
Oklahoma35%7%17%44%<1%
Ohio27%7%17%50%1%
Oregon15%4%12%68%<1%
Pennsylvania22%6%19%53%<1%
Rhode Island22%5%18%53%2%
South Carolina36%11%17%36%1%
South Dakota40%10%17%33%<1%
Tennessee36%8%13%41%2%
Texas28%10%20%41%<1%
Wisconsin22%7%16%53%<1%
Utah41%7%9%43%<1%
Vermont12%5%14%67%1%
Virginia29%8%17%45%<1%
Washington20%7%12%60%1%
West Virginia24%6%19%49%2%
Wyoming23%10%12%55%<1%

The table below displays the results of a 2014 survey by Pew Research:[61]

Degrees of religiosity
State or district Overall religiosity rank Believe in God with certainty Consider religion important Pray daily Attend weekly worship services
California 35 54% 47% 51% 31%
Texas 11 69% 63% 63% 42%
Florida 22 64% 53% 56% 35%
New York 43 56% 45% 48% 29%
Illinois 33 61% 50% 51% 34%
Pennsylvania 27 61% 51% 54% 34%
Ohio 17 67% 56% 57% 38%
Georgia 8 74% 64% 64% 42%
Michigan 27 63% 50% 53% 33%
North Carolina 10 73% 62% 66% 39%
New Jersey 19 60% 50% 53% 35%
Virginia 14 67% 60% 60% 44%
Washington 44 55% 44% 46% 30%
Massachusetts 50 40% 33% 37% 23%
Arizona 27 62% 51% 55% 34%
Indiana 22 63% 53% 52% 37%
Tennessee 3 78% 71% 70% 51%
Missouri 15 70% 56% 59% 37%
Maryland 22 64% 50% 51% 31%
Wisconsin 44 56% 44% 46% 27%
Minnesota 35 56% 46% 47% 34%
Colorado 41 55% 47% 50% 30%
South Carolina 5 74% 69% 66% 47%
Alabama 1 82% 77% 73% 51%
Louisiana 4 75% 71% 68% 46%
Kentucky 13 75% 63% 63% 39%
Oregon 39 57% 45% 45% 29%
Oklahoma 8 71% 64% 65% 43%
Connecticut 47 54% 42% 47% 28%
Iowa 19 66% 53% 50% 36%
Mississippi 1 82% 74% 75% 49%
Arkansas 5 77% 70% 65% 41%
Utah 11 61% 58% 61% 53%
Kansas 19 66% 50% 53% 37%
Nevada 35 59% 44% 48% 31%
New Mexico 18 63% 59% 55% 36%
Nebraska 22 66% 54% 52% 39%
West Virginia 7 77% 64% 68% 46%
Idaho 33 62% 51% 50% 35%
Hawaii 41 62% 44% 52% 28%
Maine 48 48% 34% 35% 22%
New Hampshire 50 43% 33% 36% 22%
Rhode Island 35 60% 48% 48% 36%
Montana 39 64% 44% 51% 31%
Delaware 32 61% 46% 49% 34%
South Dakota 16 69% 57% 56% 36%
Alaska 44 55% 41% 49% 30%
North Dakota 27 64% 53% 51% 33%
District of Columbia 27 55% 50% 51% 28%
Vermont 48 41% 32% 33% 21%
Wyoming 22 66% 49% 53% 38%

U.S. territories

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The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA):[62]

Note that CIA World Factbook data differs from the data below. For example, the CIA World Factbook says that 99.3% of the population in American Samoa is religious.[63]

TerritoryPercent religious
(all religions)		Percent
Christian		Percent religious
(non-Christian)		Percent
non-religious		Unknown /
Unspecified
American Samoa98.5%97.37%1.13%0.88%0.62%
Guam95.4%91.1%4.3%1.8%2.8%
Northern Mariana Islands98.85%81.13%17.72%1.11%0.04%
Puerto Rico91.53%91.2%0.33%3.16%5.31%
US Virgin Islands83.3%81.83%1.47%4.04%12.66%

Ethnicity

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Religious groups by ethnicity, 2023-2024 survey
ReligionWhiteHispanicBlackAsian
Christian62%67%73%33%
Evangelical Protestant27%17%15%12%
Mainline Protestant15%4%6%6%
Historical Black Protestant<1%1%44%<1%
Catholic17%42%4%14%
Latter-Day Saints2%1%1%<1%
Orthodox Christian1%<1%1%1%
Jehovah's Witness<1%1%1%<1%
Other Christian<1%1%1%<1%
Other Religions6%5%4%32%
Jewish3%1%<1%<1%
Muslim1%1%2%6%
Buddhist<1%1%<1%10%
Hindu<1%<1%<1%13%
Other world religions<1%<1%<1%1%
Something else2%2%1%1%
Religious unaffiliated31%27%22%33%
Atheist6%3%1%7%
Agnostic7%4%2%6%
Nothing in particular18%21%19%20%

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Truss, Catherine; Alfes, Kerstin; Delbridge, Rick; Shantz, Amanda; Routledge, Emma Soane (October 2013), "Employee engagement across cultures", Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice, Business & Economics, p. 336
  2. 1 2 Kaleem, Jaweed (May 20, 2014). "Americans Exaggerate How Much They Go To Religious Services, According To Study". Religion. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  3. 1 2 Willett, Megan (December 17, 2013). "A Fascinating New Poll Shows That Americans Are Losing Faith In God". Business Insider Inc. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
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  5. ↑ "Adults in Alabama". Pew Research Center.
  6. ↑ "Adults in Louisiana". Pew Research Center.
  7. ↑ "Adults in Tennessee". Pew Research Center.
  8. ↑ "Adults in South Dakota". Pew Research Center.
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  10. ↑ "Adults in Arkansas". Pew Research Center.
  11. ↑ "Adults in Georgia". Pew Research Center.
  12. ↑ "Adults in New Jersey". Pew Research Center.
  13. ↑ "Adults in Oklahoma". Pew Research Center.
  14. ↑ "Adults in West Virginia". Pew Research Center.
  15. ↑ "Adults in Kansas". Pew Research Center.
  16. ↑ "Adults in Nebraska". Pew Research Center.
  17. 1 2 "Adults in North Dakota". Pew Research Center.
  18. ↑ "Adults in South Carolina". Pew Research Center.
  19. ↑ "Adults in Virginia". Pew Research Center.
  20. ↑ "Adults in Missouri". Pew Research Center.
  21. ↑ "Adults in New Mexico". Pew Research Center.
  22. ↑ "Adults in North Carolina". Pew Research Center.
  23. ↑ "Adults in Rhode Island". Pew Research Center.
  24. ↑ "Adults in Iowa". Pew Research Center.
  25. ↑ "Adults in Ohio". Pew Research Center.
  26. ↑ "Adults in Pennsylvania". Pew Research Center.
  27. ↑ "Adults in Illinois". Pew Research Center.
  28. ↑ "Adults in Kentucky". Pew Research Center.
  29. ↑ "Adults in Maryland". Pew Research Center.
  30. ↑ "Adults in Utah". Pew Research Center.
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  32. ↑ "Adults in Connecticut". Pew Research Center.
  33. ↑ "Adults in Delaware". Pew Research Center.
  34. ↑ "Adults in Florida". Pew Research Center.
  35. ↑ "Adults in Michigan". Pew Research Center.
  36. ↑ "Adults in Wisconsin". Pew Research Center.
  37. ↑ "Adults in the District of Columbia". Pew Research Center.
  38. ↑ "Adults in Indiana". Pew Research Center.
  39. ↑ "Adults in Wyoming". Pew Research Center.
  40. ↑ "Adults in Arizona". Pew Research Center.
  41. ↑ "Adults in Hawaii". Pew Research Center.
  42. ↑ "Adults in Idaho". Pew Research Center.
  43. ↑ "Adults in California". Pew Research Center.
  44. ↑ "Adults in New York". Pew Research Center.
  45. ↑ "Adults in Nevada". Pew Research Center.
  46. ↑ "Adults in Montana". Pew Research Center.
  47. ↑ "Adults in Colorado". Pew Research Center.
  48. ↑ "Adults in Alaska". Pew Research Center.
  49. ↑ "Adults in Oregon". Pew Research Center.
  50. ↑ "Adults in Maine". Pew Research Center.
  51. ↑ "Adults in Massachusetts". Pew Research Center.
  52. ↑ "Adults in Washington". Pew Research Center.
  53. ↑ "Adults in New Hampshire". Pew Research Center.
  54. ↑ "Adults in Vermont". Pew Research Center.
  55. ↑ Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles, Pew Research Center
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  59. ↑ "Religious Landscape Study (RLS) | Pew Research Center". www.pewresearch.org. Retrieved 2026-08-16.
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