They go to church in Mississippi

February 19th, 2010 ~ La Vida Iglesia

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.

One Response to “They go to church in Mississippi”

  1. DebD Said:

    Maryland is around 40% too. Interesting poll. Thanks for sharing.

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