New
poll results from Gallup (January 2009) delves into the state of religion state-by-state within the United States. An analysis of more than 350,000 interviews conducted by Gallup in 2008 finds Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas to be the most religious states in the nation. Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts are the least religious states.
No surprises here. The South is traditionally very religious and the coasts, less so.
I think it would be very interesting if these results were cross-referenced against other demographics such as education level, average wealth, crime rate, and other mitigating factors. It wouldn't surprise me to see correlations between "belief" and these other factors...
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Yes, there's a reason this part of the country is called the Bible Belt.
Historically I can see a bit of irony here. Way back when, New England was intensely religious. Of course there wasn't much else to the country at the time...
And that was back when people were still burning "witches"...
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