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class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__separator\">, <\/span><a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/bill-webster\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Bill Webster\">Bill Webster<\/a> <span class=\"prc-platform-staff-bylines__and-separator\">and<\/span> <a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/justine-coleman\/\" aria-label=\"View author archive for Justine Coleman\">Justine Coleman<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-16T13:53:53-04:00\">September 16, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/02\/26\/decline-of-christianity-in-the-us-has-slowed-may-have-leveled-off\/\">2023-24 Religious Landscape Study<\/a> was designed to paint a statistical portrait of religion in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.<br><br>How religious is your state? Select a state below to see where it ranks on some key measures of religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When comparing states, it\u2019s important to keep in mind that some differences may not be statistically significant, due to the survey\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/decoded\/2025\/09\/16\/understanding-error-bars-in-charts\/\">margins of error<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-interactive-how-religious-is-your-state\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-platform\/how-religious-is-your-state\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\" data-wp-router-region=\"state-results\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.onResize\">\t<div class=\"state-selector\"\">\n\t\t<label for=\"state-select\">Select a state below<\/label>\n\t\t<select\n\t\t\tid=\"state-select\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--change=\"actions.selectState\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--value=\"state.selectedState\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<option value=\"\">Choose a state&#8230;<\/option>\n\t\t\t<template data-wp-each--state_option=\"state.us_states\">\n\t\t\t\t<option\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--value=\"context.state_option.state_abb\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-text=\"context.state_option.state\"\n\t\t\t\t><\/option>\n\t\t\t<\/template>\n\t\t<\/select>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"state-results\"\n\t>\n\t<h3 data-wp-text=\"state.stateName\">Your State<\/h3>\n\t<div class=\"state-card\" id=\"state-card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"state-card__column\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"state-card__state-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-wp-bind--src=\"state.stateImgUrl\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"state-card__rank-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.isTiedForRank\">is tied for<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rank big-rank\"><span data-wp-text=\"state.overallRankLabel\"><\/span><\/span><span>most religious state overall\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scroll-to-notes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-wp-on--click=\"actions.scrollToNotes\">(about this score)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric left-column-metric\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__background\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar overall\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 0%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--style=\"state.overallProgress\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__value overall\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"metric__value__number\" data-wp-text=\"state.overall\"><\/span>%\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tin <span data-wp-text=\"state.stateNameFormatted\">your state<\/span> are highly religious, based on an overall scale of religiousness\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"state-card__column\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>Religious profile of <span data-wp-text=\"state.stateNameFormatted\">your state<\/span><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metrics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__background\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar importance\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 0%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--style=\"state.importanceProgress\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__value importance\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"metric__value__number\" data-wp-text=\"state.importance\">n<\/span>%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rank importance\">(<span data-wp-text=\"state.importanceRankLabel\">nth<\/span>)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsay religion is very important in their lives\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__background\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar worship_attend\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 0%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--style=\"state.worshipAttendanceProgress\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__value worship_attend\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"metric__value__number\" data-wp-text=\"state.worshipAttendance\"><\/span>%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rank\">(<span data-wp-text=\"state.worshipAttendanceRankLabel\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsay they attend religious services at least monthly\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__background\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar frequency_prayer\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 0%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--style=\"state.prayerFrequencyProgress\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__value frequency_prayer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"metric__value__number\" data-wp-text=\"state.prayerFrequency\"><\/span>%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rank\">(<span data-wp-text=\"state.prayerFrequencyRankLabel\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsay they pray daily\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar__background\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__progress-bar belief_in_god\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 0%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--style=\"state.beliefInGodProgress\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__value belief_in_god\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"metric__value__number\" data-wp-text=\"state.beliefInGod\"><\/span>%\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rank\">(<span data-wp-text=\"state.beliefInGodRankLabel\"><\/span>)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"metric__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsay they believe in God or a universal spirit with absolute certainty\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"state-card__more-info\">\n\t\t\t<a data-wp-bind--href=\"state.rlsUrl\" class=\"state-card__more-info__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"state-card__more-info__link__text\">Get more information about <span data-wp-text=\"state.stateNameFormatted\">your state<\/span> in the Religious Landscape Study.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-interactive-features\/blocks\/assets\/how-religious-is-your-state\/rls-promo-button.png\" alt=\"RLS Promo Button\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isMobile\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"comparison-card\">\n\t\t<h4>How <span data-wp-text=\"state.stateNameFormatted\">your state<\/span> (<span data-wp-text=\"state.stateAbb\">XX<\/span>) compares with other states<\/h4>\n\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__tabs\" data-wp-class--hidden=\"state.isMobile\">\n\t\t\t<template data-wp-each--comparison=\"state.comparisons\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"comparison-card__tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClickComparisonTab\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--active=\"state.isActiveComparison\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-wp-bind--class=\"state.comparisonTabClasses\" data-wp-text=\"context.comparison.label\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/template>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__dropdown\" data-wp-class--hidden=\"!state.isMobile\">\n\t\t\t<select data-wp-on--change=\"actions.onChangeComparisonSelect\" data-wp-bind--value=\"state.selectedComparison\">\n\t\t\t\t<template data-wp-each--comparison=\"state.comparisons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<option data-wp-bind--value=\"context.comparison.metric\" data-wp-text=\"context.comparison.label\"><\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<\/template>\n\t\t\t<\/select>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content__item__subtitle\" data-wp-text=\"state.comparisonSubtitle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content__item__img\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isMobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-wp-bind--src=\"state.comparisonImgUrl\" alt=\"state.comparisonLabel\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content__item__img\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.isMobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-wp-bind--src=\"state.comparisonImgUrlMobile\" alt=\"state.comparisonLabel\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content__item__subtitle\" data-wp-text=\"state.comparisonSubtitle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__content__item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\tShaded bars show margins of sampling error at a 95% confidence level. Read more about this in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/decoded\/2025\/09\/16\/understanding-error-bars-in-charts\/\">Decoded post<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__chart\" id=\"hriys-chart\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"comparison-card__chart-detailed-tables\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Te2nSZzAsa1lt-lvQ_gSlPJ3ucE4t-StSyvaK9rF4vE\/edit?usp=sharing\">Click for detailed tables with sample sizes and other response options.<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hriys-note\">\n\t\tSource: Religious Landscape Study of U.S. adults conducted July 17, 2023-March 4, 2024.\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<article style=\"border-top-width:1px;border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--ui-gray-light);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--ui-gray-light);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\" class=\"left aligned wp-block-prc-block-story-item has-sans-serif-font-family\" id=\"post-274489\" data-image-size=\"A3\"><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"label\">short read<\/span><time class=\"date\" datetime=\"2025-09-16T00:00:00+00:00\">Sep 16, 2025<\/time><\/div> \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&#038;p=274489\" class=\"image jetpack-lazy-image A3\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/SR_25.09.16_hsiys_featured.jpg?w=194&#038;h=110&#038;crop=1 1x, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/SR_25.09.16_hsiys_featured.jpg?w=388&#038;h=220&#038;crop=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"194\" height=\"110\">\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/SR_25.09.16_hsiys_featured.jpg?w=148&#038;h=84&#038;crop=1 1x, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/SR_25.09.16_hsiys_featured.jpg?w=296&#038;h=168&#038;crop=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"148\" height=\"84\">\t\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/SR_25.09.16_hsiys_featured.jpg?w=194&#038;h=110&#038;crop=1\" width=\"194\" height=\"110\" alt=\"Woodland with Bluebells in the early evening light on the east coast of Loch Lomond in Scotland\">\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t <h2 class=\"header medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&#038;p=274489\">How spiritual is your state?<\/a><\/h2> \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Find out how adults in your state compare with other Americans on measures of spirituality, such as belief in souls, spiritual presences, an afterlife and more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;how-we-measured-religiousness&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-we-measured-religiousness\">How we measured religiousness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This interactive site uses data from Pew Research Center\u2019s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) to compare all 50 states and the District of Columbia on several measures of religiousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The RLS was conducted in English and Spanish from July 17, 2023, to March 4, 2024, among a nationally representative sample of 36,908 respondents. For more details, refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2025\/02\/26\/religious-landscape-study-methodology\/\">Methodology<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">To gauge the religiousness of each state, we looked at four separate survey questions. We ranked each state by the percentage of its adult residents (ages 18 and older) who say they pray daily, believe in God or a universal spirit with absolute certainty, consider religion to be very important in their lives, and attend religious services at least once or twice a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overall-religiousness\">Overall religiousness<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We also combined these four questions into a scale of \u201coverall religiousness\u201d by assigning points to each survey respondent\u2019s answers, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Prayer frequency:<\/em> 0 points for those who seldom or never pray, 2 for those who pray daily, and 1 for everyone else<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Belief in God or a universal spirit:<\/em> 0 points for those who do not believe in God or a universal spirit, 2 for those who believe with absolute certainty, and 1 for everyone else<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Religion\u2019s importance:<\/em> 0 points for those who say religion is not too important or not at all important in their lives, 2 for those who say religion is very important in their lives, and 1 for everyone else<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Religious attendance: <\/em>0 points for those who say they seldom or never attend religious services, 2 for those who attend at least once a month, and 1 for everyone else<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We added these indicators together, with total scores ranging from 0 (for people who scored 0 on all four measures) to 8 (for people who scored 2 points on each measure). 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