Official Religiosity State Rankings - Check Your State's Ranking Here

[MetalSiicken]

Damn, I'm moving from Colorado to one of the higher ranked states..... Ugggg, but iv been in the springs... So it's a bit different than the rest of the state I guess

[rebreh1029]

Vermont was tied for last. I was kind of surprised because it seems like we have a fairly healthy religious population. But vermonters don't really get uber passionate about religion and our politicians don't really talk about it.

[lunhil12]

New York should be further down on the list but I suspect it's because people will say they are more religious than they actually are. Most people fear being cast out of the tribe if they spoke freely.

[warren52nz]

Doesn't this statistic say it all? Well, ALMOST all. The same correlation exists between violence and religiosity:

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Which is kinda ironic when we hear religious people telling us ad nauseum that we can't have morals without religion.

I also notice that the closer a state is to Canada, the higher its IQ tends to be. Maybe intelligence is contagious and it's leaking down from Canada. First few:

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, Minnesota...

[TheSunnyGal00]

Utah's 12? WHAT!?!?! I thought it would be #1!

[jjmblue7]

WOOHOO! 3rd place! ...by which I mean 44th most religious. I was honestly expecting not to be more than the second least religious, so it's a very mild surprise.

[rockstarofredondo]

I really thought CA would be less religious than it ranked.

[Keysteeze]

@rockstarofredondo California has a significant Hispanic (mostly Catholic) population.

[rockstarofredondo]

@Keysteeze Good point.

[gradiu3rox]

Yup. Cities in Tennessee are really just a bunch of churches close together. With a couple Wal-Marts and McDonalds mixed in.

[ZetaSimsoy]

Yes, Illinois not in the top 25!

[caltrop69]

California is 35th? I figured it'd be lower on the list.

[leavesof3]

Kentucky made the top 10. That sounds about right.

[gamutman]

My state, Ohio, ranked 19th with a whopping 72% claiming an absolute certainty of belief in God, and I'm here to tell you they're a bunch of damn liars. I used to travel for a living all over this state, and those numbers are way too high. Most Ohioans give lip service to their belief, but \their mostly a of big time agnostics.

[MageGrayWolf]

Texas and Alaska I expected to be higher. My state I expected to be a bit higher but not by much.

[gothatfunk]

fascinating.

[slanelcla]

I didn't know Louisiana was sixth. I would have thought it would be 2nd. Glad we have New Orleans!

[near2earth]

Yes, slanelcla, I thought Louisiana would be closer to the top in religiosity. What would we do without Mississippi to make us look slightly less stupid than we are?

(Hope you're enjoying this beautiful day as much as I am!)

[saxmanchiro]

I thought NC would be below Texas but nope, I was wrong. I am moving to Vermont!!

Honey, call the real estate agent, call the truck rental place, call your mom and tell her we are heading north. We need to find us some sanity. FAST!

[CuriousMoth]

Nevada somewhat goes against your corellation though, doesn't it? According to the statistics it's the worst rated school system, while also having a relatively low 50% who say religion is important and 63% who believe in God with absolutely certainty.

[OGjimbo]

@CuriousMoth I was merely siting a trend and as with any trend there are guaranteed to be areas which break the overall tendency that is being sited.

It's like when someone dies in a car crash because they WERE wearing their seatbelt and would of have lived if they had not been.

[CuriousMoth]

Hey buddy ^^ I'm not saying that like it's a refutation, just a little thing I noticed, a point of data out of place. As you can probably guess I looked at the others and mostly you're right - there is a trend. I'm just curious as to why Nevada should be an exception to the rule.

[humanistheart]

@CuriousMoth But notice the qualifier 'absolute'.

[TheTruePooka]

NY is about where I expected. The actual state can be rather conservative.

People forget that NYC can be incredibly different from what you

get in the sticks.

[blackmesa31337]

I figured Tennessee would be in the top five...and it's number five. I fucking hate this place!

[phenixwryter]

Interesting. No surprise about Alabama for me. Still and all-its a beautiful state and we have good times here.

[kelliko70]

I expected WV to be much higher than 15th--60% of people. I am very surprised.

[StopSpamming1]

And how many lied?

[runitsthecia]

conn ... whats god?

we have lots of churches but like no one younger than 60 goes to them.

think i ran into like 2 or 3 fundis in my life here.

[macnutz]

I'm not surprised to see Alabama near the top of the list. Neither am I surprised to note that Alabama and Mississippi also compete, annually, for the coveted bottom position in the ranking of State public school systems.

There does appear to be a relationship between high religiosity and a disregard for education. Not surprising.

[TheXroadr]

WOW, only 42nd. I knew I was happy here!

[infectingthecrypts]

16th. I expected around thereabouts. I'm surprised Alaska is almost last since they elected... Palin *shudders*.

[whitelightning1161]

Pennsylvania 21st

[CobraJones]

My home state of Texas, I expect to be in the top ten, if not tope five, of religious belief...it's in at 11th..

Virginia, the state I live in right now, I figure would be probably in at around 15-20...and it's 18.

Ah well, such is the price I pay for living in the south, where the weather is nice and the girls are pretty.

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

I have checked and it is depressing.

[DeeDemonwitch]

Yea, I live in the 51st state and it doesn't even make it into the charts.

Seriously though, it does puzzle me that America is secular, the UK is non-secular, yet you guys seemed to have a great deal of christianity foisted upon you and we don't.

[2DRonaldo]

@DeeDemonwitch

We shouldn't rub it in lol :D

But it's probably based on historical feeling towards religion and the separation of Religion and school.

[TheTruePooka]

@DeeDemonwitch

We got lucky we had some awesome

minds who saw the dangers of NOT

making this country secular.

It has actually been a fight from the very

beginning to keep this nation from

having Christianity as a federal religion.

[DeeDemonwitch]

@TheTruePooka and the fight still goes on.

[saxmanchiro]

DeeDemonwitch

Maybe we should let the Christians have their way and make this a Theocracy. If non-secular Government results in less religiosity, it might just work. Reverse psychology.

[SoCalAtheist]

Nice. California's at 41 and well below the national average.

[bobster451]

I was pleased to see California lear the bottom.

We still have some way to go, Especially when I see road signs on I-5 in Stockton that say evolution is untrue.

[216trixie]

@bobster451 I'm in Stockton. Where is the sign?

[bobster451]

@216trixie The sign may have been taken away but if this is so it was removed recently. The location was on the west side of I-5 between El Dorado and Charter Way.

[216trixie]

@bobster451 ...I'm gonna check it out, thanks.

[bobster451]

@216trixie Okay!

It may have been moved or replaced by another religious sign. Usually this sign is of a religious nature.

[tattooskin72]

Can't read it well, but Michigan isn't looking too bad compared to what I thought it would be.

[OGjimbo]

@tattooskin72 Right after uploading video quality is reduced for a short period of time, check back in a little while and it should be much easier to read at full quality, especially if you expand it to full screen.