They go to church in Mississippi
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Via the Orthodox convert list (*), a Gallup poll that studied how much people in different states attend church regularly — HERE. Mississippi was at the top with 63% weekly church-goers; Vermont at the bottom with 23%.
Not a lot of surprises there. Just as you might think, southerners went to church the most, except for Utah, which tied for third place at 56% attendance. The bottom ten were a little more divergent: mostly New England, but also Nevada, Hawaii and — surprisingly to me — Alaska (although attendance went up by 3% from 2008–2009).
Other stuff:- Their bottom line analysis: Despite how much people move around from state to state, “substantial state differences in churchgoing behavior persist.”
- Ethnically broken down, blacks attend church weekly the most (43%), followed by Hispanics (40%), whites (33%) and Asians (20%). (Different poll — HERE)
- Also from that poll, only 53% of the people who say that religion is an important part of their daily life go to church weekly.
- Overall, church attendance has gone up by 0.7% this year (which is probably why you won’t hear these poll results announced in the news).
- Saving lookup time for my homies: Missouri weekly church attendance: 44%; Kansas 46%; Indiana: 44%; Illinois: 42%; California: 35%.
Just thought it was interesting. Link plus map HERE.
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Maryland is around 40% too. Interesting poll. Thanks for sharing.