The Most And Least Religious Of The 50 States

Posted on the 12 February 2017 by Jobsanger



The chart above shows the most and least religious states in the United States. It is from a Gallup Poll -- done between January 2nd and December 30th of 2016 of a random national sample of 174,969 adults, and has a margin of error of less than 1 point. The margin of error for the individual states is between 3 points and 6 points, depending on the size of the state's sample.
The most religious state is Mississippi, where 59% said they were very religious and only 12% said they were not religious. Finishing close behind were Alabama (56% to 16%) and Utah (54% to 30%). Eight states had at least 50% of respondents saying they were very religious.
The least religious states were Vermont (21% to 58%), Maine (23% to 50%), and Massachusetts (25% to 48%). Three states had at least 50% saying they were not religious at all (Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire).
For the United States as a whole, 38% said they were very religious and 32% said they were not religious at all.