List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity

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

+ Religious groups in the USA by year Religion 2007 2014 2023–2024 Christian 78% 71% 62% Evangelical Protestant 26% 25% 23% Mainline Protestant 18% 15% 11% Historical Black Protestant 7% 6% 5% Catholic 24% 21% 19% Latter-Day Saints 2% 2% 2% Orthodox Christian 1% <1% 1% Jehovah's Witness 1% 1% <1% Other Christian <1% <1% 1% Other religions 5% 6% 7% Jewish 2% 2% 2% Muslim <1% 1% 1% Buddhist 1% 1% 1% Hindu <1% 1% 1% Other world religions <1% <1% <1% Something else 1% 2% 2% Religious unaffiliated 16% 23% 29% Atheist 2% 3% 5% Agnostic 2% 4% 6% Nothing in particular 12% 16% 19%

Methodologies The Gallup Poll assesses religiosity around the world, 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. The Harris Poll has conducted surveys of the percentage of people who believe in God.

Results Religious denominations (Pew Research 2014)

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

Religions by metropolitan areas

+Religion in major U.S metropolitan areas (2014)Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles, Pew Research Center Metro area Net 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

A 2013 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute reported that 31% of Americans attend religious services at least weekly. In 2006, a world-wide online Harris Poll surveyed 2,010 U.S. adults 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.

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. 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%).Importance of religion by state Pew forum

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

+ Religious service attendance by state (2023-2024 survey). State At least once a week Once or twice a month A few times a year Seldom/never No answer 34% 9% 19% 37% 1% 19% 6% 20% 55% <1% 26% 6% 16% 51% 1% 30% 11% 18% 41% <1% 20% 7% 19% 53% <1% 20% 7% 14% 59% <1% 17% 6% 18% 59% <1% 27% 6% 19% 47% 1% 27% 6% 16% 49% 1% 22% 9% 20% 47% 1% 27% 11% 19% 43% 1% 17% 2% 18% 62% 1% 34% 7% 9% 51% <1% 25% 8% 19% 47% 1% 31% 5% 15% 47% 1% 21% 9% 20% 50% <1% 34% 5% 20% 40% 1% 31% 8% 13% 47% <1% 34% 11% 17% 37% 1% 16% 2% 12% 69% 1% 25% 5% 18% 52% 1% 14% 6% 17% 63% <1% 24% 9% 15% 52% 1% 21% 11% 20% 47% <1% 48% 6% 10% 36% <1% 28% 8% 12% 51% 1% 23% 9% 11% 56% <1% 27% 11% 19% 43% 1% 13% 7% 16% 64% <1% 13% 5% 13% 69% <1% 23% 8% 19% 49% 1% 25% 9% 18% 47% <1% 18% 8% 23% 50% 1% 30% 9% 18% 42% 1% 25% 18% 16% 39% 2% 35% 7% 17% 44% <1% 27% 7% 17% 50% 1% 15% 4% 12% 68% <1% 22% 6% 19% 53% <1% 22% 5% 18% 53% 2% 36% 11% 17% 36% 1% 40% 10% 17% 33% <1% 36% 8% 13% 41% 2% 28% 10% 20% 41% <1% 22% 7% 16% 53% <1% 41% 7% 9% 43% <1% 12% 5% 14% 67% 1% 29% 8% 17% 45% <1% 20% 7% 12% 60% 1% 24% 6% 19% 49% 2% 23% 10% 12% 55% <1%

+Weekly church attendance by state (Gallup) State Percent 51% 47% 46% 46% 45% 42% 42% 41% 40% 39% 39% 39% 36% 35% 35% 35% 35% 35% 34% 34% 33% 33% 32% 32% 32% 32% 32% 32% 32% 31% 31% 31% 30% 29% 28% 28% 28% 27% 27% 27% 26% 25% 25% 25% 24% 24% 23% 22% 20% 20% 17%

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

+ Degrees of religiosity State or district Overall religiosity rank Believe in God with certainty Consider religion important Pray daily Attend weekly worship services%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

U.S. territories The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA):http://thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_5_2.asp http://thearda.com/internationalData/compare2.asp?c=97 http://thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_169_2.asp http://thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_182_2.asp http://thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_240_2.asp thearda.com. The ARDA (Association of Religion Data Archives). American Samoa / Guam / Northern Mariana Islands / Puerto Rico / Virgin Islands (U.S.) Retrieved September 13, 2021.

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.cia.gov CIA World Factbook. American Samoa. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

Territory Percent religious(all religions) Percent Christian Percent religious(non-Christian) Percentnon-religious Unknown / Unspecified 98.5% 97.37% 1.13% 0.88% 0.62% 95.4% 91.1% 4.3% 1.8% 2.8% 98.85% 81.13% 17.72% 1.11% 0.04% 91.53% 91.2% 0.33% 3.16% 5.31% 83.3% 81.83% 1.47% 4.04% 12.66%

Ethnicity

+ Religious groups by ethnicity, 2023-2024 survey Religion White Hispanic Black Asian Christian 62% 67% 73% 33% Evangelical Protestant 27% 17% 15% 12% Mainline Protestant 15% 4% 6% 6% Historical Black Protestant <1% 1% 44% <1% Catholic 17% 42% 4% 14% Latter-Day Saints 2% 1% 1% <1% Orthodox Christian 1% <1% 1% 1% Jehovah's Witness <1% 1% 1% <1% Other Christian <1% 1% 1% <1% Other Religions 6% 5% 4% 32% Jewish 3% 1% <1% <1% Muslim 1% 1% 2% 6% Buddhist <1% 1% <1% 10% Hindu <1% <1% <1% 13% Other world religions <1% <1% <1% 1% Something else 2% 2% 1% 1% Religious unaffiliated 31% 27% 22% 33% Atheist 6% 3% 1% 7% Agnostic 7% 4% 2% 6% Nothing in particular 18% 21% 19% 20%

List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity

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