One nation under God, mapped [View all]

[JDDavis]

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/6/8155789/religious-group-state-chart


The Public Religion Research Institute regularly polls Americans on their religious beliefs and practices, and they put together some striking data on the most common religious affiliations in each state. Vox's Anand Katakam put together this map showing every state's most prevalent tradition (sadly, DC is left out):


Keep in mind that these are pluralities, not majorities; Catholicism is more common than any other tradition in Maryland but is still followed by only 20 percent of the population.

Perhaps the biggest surprise here is that "unaffiliated" is the biggest group in 13 states, and is tied for the biggest group nationally with Catholics at 22 percent of the population. Some of these are liberal states you might expect to make the list, like Vermont or Oregon, but Montana, Alaska, and Idaho also have unaffiliated pluralities. In only five states — Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota — is it not in the top three religious traditions. The full PRRI chart, showing the top three for each state, is here:

http://publicreligion.org/2015/03/top-three-religions-in-each-state/

I thought I would share this here. Feel free to share it in that OTHER place if you wish. I just don't really like posting stuff there.