# List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity

The degree of religiosity in the population of the United States can be compared to that in other countries and compared state-by-state, based on individual self-assessment and polling data.

## Methodologies

The Gallup Poll assesses religiosity around the world, asking "Is religion important in your daily life?" and in the United States by state, asking the degree to which respondents consider themselves to be religious. The Pew Research Center and Public Religion Research Institute have conducted studies of reported frequency of attendance to religious service. The Harris Poll has conducted surveys of the percentage of people who believe in God.

## Results
### Religious denominations (Pew Research 2014)

Religion in the United States by state and the District of Columbia (2014) :
| Region | Net religious (%) | Protestant (%) | Catholic (%) | Latter-day Saint (%) | Other Christian (%) | Other (%) | Irreligious (%) | Don't know (%) |
| Mississippi | 89 | 79 | 4 | 1 | <1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Alabama | 87 | 80 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 86 | 58 | 26 | <1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 85 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| South Dakota | 82 | 58 | 22 | <1 | <1 | 3 | 18 | <1 |
| Texas | 82 | 50 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | <1 |
| Arkansas | 81 | 75 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| Georgia | 81 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 81 | 31 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 81 | 70 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 81 | 73 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| Kansas | 80 | 58 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | <1 |
| Nebraska | 80 | 53 | 23 | 1 | <1 | 4 | 20 | <1 |
| North Dakota | 80 | 52 | 26 | <1 | <1 | 3 | 20 | <1 |
| South Carolina | 80 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 |
| Virginia | 80 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | <1 |
| Missouri | 79 | 60 | 16 | 1 | <1 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 79 | 38 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | <1 |
| North Carolina | 79 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 79 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1 |
| Iowa | 78 | 65 | 18 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 78 | 50 | 22 | 1 | <1 | 5 | 20 | 2 |
| Ohio | 78 | 55 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | <1 |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | 47 | 24 | <1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 1 |
| Illinois | 77 | 43 | 28 | <1 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 77 | 67 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 2 | 22 | 1 |
| Maryland | 77 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 23 | <1 |
| Utah | 77 | 13 | 5 | 55 | <1 | 4 | 22 | 1 |
| United States | 76.6 | 46.5 | 20.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 22.8 | 0.6 |
| Connecticut | 76 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 1 |
| Delaware | 76 | 46 | 22 | <1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 1 |
| Florida | 76 | 46 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 24 | <1 |
| Michigan | 75 | 54 | 18 | <1 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 75 | 44 | 25 | <1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | <1 |
| District of Columbia | 74 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 1 |
| Indiana | 74 | 55 | 18 | 1 | <1 | 2 | 26 | <1 |
| Wyoming | 74 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | <1 |
| Arizona | 73 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 27 | <1 |
| Hawaii | 73 | 38 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 1 |
| Idaho | 73 | 37 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 27 | <1 |
| California | 72 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 1 |
| New York | 72 | 26 | 31 | <1 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 1 |
| Nevada | 71 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 1 |
| Montana | 70 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 30 | <1 |
| Colorado | 69 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 2 |
| Alaska | 68 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 1 |
| Oregon | 68 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 1 |
| Maine | 67 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 67 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 1 |
| Washington | 67 | 40 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 64 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 36 | <1 |
| Vermont | 61 | 30 | 22 | <1 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 2 |

#### Religions by metropolitan areas

Religion in Major U.S metropolitan areas (2014) :
| Metro area | Net Religious (%) | Total Christian (%) | Evangelical Protestant (%) | Mainline Protestant (%) | Historically Black Protestant (%) | Catholic (%) | Latter-day Saint (%) | Other (%) | None (%) |
| Dallas | 82 | 78 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| Atlanta | 80 | 76 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Houston | 80 | 73 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Miami | 79 | 68 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 27 | <1 | 10 | 21 |
| Chicago | 78 | 71 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 34 | <1 | 7 | 22 |
| Minneapolis | 77 | 70 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| Detroit | 76 | 67 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 16 | <1 | 8 | 24 |
| New York City | 76 | 59 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | <1 | 16 | 24 |
| Philadelphia | 76 | 68 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 26 | <1 | 8 | 24 |
| Washington, D.C. | 76 | 65 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| Los Angeles | 75 | 65 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 32 | <1 | 9 | 25 |
| Riverside, Calif. | 75 | 71 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 25 |
| Phoenix | 74 | 66 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| San Diego | 73 | 68 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 27 |
| Boston | 67 | 57 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 29 | <1 | 10 | 33 |
| San Francisco | 65 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 35 |
| Seattle | 63 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 37 |

### Attendance

A 2013 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute reported that 31% of Americans attend religious services at least weekly. In 2006, a world-wide online Harris Poll surveyed 2,010 U.S. adults and found that 26% of those surveyed attended religious services "every week or more often", 9% went "once or twice a month", 21% went "a few times a year", 3% went "once a year", 22% went "less than once a year", and 18% never attend religious services. A 2013 Harris Poll reported an 8% decline in a belief in God, since a prior 2009 poll.
According to a 2011 Gallup poll, the state with the greatest percentage of respondents identifying as "very religious" was Mississippi (59%), and the state with the smallest percentage were Vermont and New Hampshire (23%), while Florida (39%) and Minnesota (40%) were near the median. A 2014 Pew Research poll found that the states with the greatest percentage of respondents who stated that religion was "very important" or "somewhat important" to their lives were Alabama (90%) and Louisiana (90%), while the state with the smallest percentage was Vermont (57%).

### U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

Weekly church attendance by state (Pew) :
| Rank | State | Percent |
| 1 | Utah | 53% |
| 2 | Alabama | 51% |
| 2 | Tennessee | 51% |
| 4 | Mississippi | 49% |
| 5 | South Carolina | 47% |
| 6 | Louisiana | 46% |
| 6 | West Virginia | 46% |
| 8 | Virginia | 44% |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 43% |
| 10 | Georgia | 42% |
| 10 | Texas | 42% |
| 12 | Arkansas | 41% |
| 13 | North Carolina | 39% |
| 13 | Kentucky | 39% |
| 13 | Nebraska | 39% |
| 16 | Ohio | 38% |
| 16 | Wyoming | 38% |
| 18 | Missouri | 37% |
| 18 | Kansas | 37% |
| 18 | Indiana | 37% |
| 21 | South Dakota | 36% |
| 21 | New Mexico | 36% |
| 21 | Iowa | 36% |
| 21 | Rhode Island | 36% |
| 25 | New Jersey | 35% |
| 25 | Florida | 35% |
| 25 | Idaho | 35% |
| 28 | Arizona | 34% |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | 34% |
| 28 | Delaware | 34% |
| 28 | Illinois | 34% |
| 28 | Minnesota | 34% |
| 33 | Michigan | 33% |
| 33 | North Dakota | 33% |
| 35 | Maryland | 31% |
| 35 | California | 31% |
| 35 | Nevada | 31% |
| 35 | Montana | 31% |
| 39 | Colorado | 30% |
| 39 | Alaska | 30% |
| 39 | Washington | 30% |
| 42 | Oregon | 29% |
| 42 | New York | 29% |
| 44 | District of Columbia | 28% |
| 44 | Hawaii | 28% |
| 44 | Connecticut | 28% |
| 47 | Wisconsin | 27% |
| 48 | Massachusetts | 23% |
| 49 | Maine | 22% |
| 49 | New Hampshire | 22% |
| 51 | Vermont | 21% |
Weekly church attendance by state (Gallup) :
| Rank | State | Percent |
| 1 | Utah | 51% |
| 2 | Mississippi | 47% |
| 3 | Alabama | 46% |
| 4 | Louisiana | 46% |
| 5 | Arkansas | 45% |
| 6 | South Carolina | 42% |
| 7 | Tennessee | 42% |
| 8 | Kentucky | 41% |
| 9 | North Carolina | 40% |
| 10 | Georgia | 39% |
| 11 | Texas | 39% |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 39% |
| 13 | New Mexico | 36% |
| 14 | Nebraska | 35% |
| 15 | Indiana | 35% |
| 16 | Virginia | 35% |
| 17 | Delaware | 35% |
| 18 | Missouri | 35% |
| 19 | Idaho | 34% |
| 20 | West Virginia | 34% |
| 21 | Arizona | 33% |
| 22 | Kansas | 33% |
| 23 | Michigan | 32% |
| 24 | Ohio | 32% |
| 25 | Illinois | 32% |
| 26 | North Dakota | 32% |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | 32% |
| 28 | Iowa | 32% |
| 29 | Florida | 32% |
| 30 | Maryland | 31% |
| 31 | South Dakota | 31% |
| 32 | Minnesota | 31% |
| 33 | New Jersey | 30% |
| 34 | Wisconsin | 29% |
| 35 | Rhode Island | 28% |
| 36 | Wyoming | 28% |
| 37 | California | 28% |
| 38 | New York | 27% |
| 39 | Nevada | 27% |
| 40 | Montana | 27% |
| 41 | Alaska | 26% |
| 42 | Connecticut | 25% |
| 43 | Colorado | 25% |
| 44 | Hawaii | 25% |
| 45 | Oregon | 24% |
| 46 | Washington | 24% |
| 47 | District of Columbia | 23% |
| 48 | Massachusetts | 22% |
| 49 | Maine | 20% |
| 50 | New Hampshire | 20% |
| 51 | Vermont | 17% |
The table below displays the results of a 2014 survey by Pew Research:
| State or District | Overall Religiosity Rank | Believe in God with Certainty | Consider Religion Important | Pray Daily | Attend Weekly Worship Services |
| California | 35 | 54% | 47% | 51% | 31% |
| Texas | 11 | 69% | 63% | 63% | 42% |
| Florida | 22 | 64% | 53% | 56% | 35% |
| New York | 43 | 56% | 45% | 48% | 29% |
| Illinois | 33 | 61% | 50% | 51% | 34% |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 61% | 51% | 54% | 34% |
| Ohio | 17 | 67% | 56% | 57% | 38% |
| Georgia | 8 | 74% | 64% | 64% | 42% |
| Michigan | 27 | 63% | 50% | 53% | 33% |
| North Carolina | 10 | 73% | 62% | 66% | 39% |
| New Jersey | 19 | 60% | 50% | 53% | 35% |
| Virginia | 14 | 67% | 60% | 60% | 44% |
| Washington | 44 | 55% | 44% | 46% | 30% |
| Massachusetts | 50 | 40% | 33% | 37% | 23% |
| Arizona | 27 | 62% | 51% | 55% | 34% |
| Indiana | 22 | 63% | 53% | 52% | 37% |
| Tennessee | 3 | 78% | 71% | 70% | 51% |
| Missouri | 15 | 70% | 56% | 59% | 37% |
| Maryland | 22 | 64% | 50% | 51% | 31% |
| Wisconsin | 44 | 56% | 44% | 46% | 27% |
| Minnesota | 35 | 56% | 46% | 47% | 34% |
| Colorado | 41 | 55% | 47% | 50% | 30% |
| South Carolina | 5 | 74% | 69% | 66% | 47% |
| Alabama | 1 | 82% | 77% | 73% | 51% |
| Louisiana | 4 | 75% | 71% | 68% | 46% |
| Kentucky | 13 | 75% | 63% | 63% | 39% |
| Oregon | 39 | 57% | 45% | 45% | 29% |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 71% | 64% | 65% | 43% |
| Connecticut | 47 | 54% | 42% | 47% | 28% |
| Iowa | 19 | 66% | 53% | 50% | 36% |
| Mississippi | 1 | 82% | 74% | 75% | 49% |
| Arkansas | 5 | 77% | 70% | 65% | 41% |
| Utah | 11 | 61% | 58% | 61% | 53% |
| Kansas | 19 | 66% | 50% | 53% | 37% |
| Nevada | 35 | 59% | 44% | 48% | 31% |
| New Mexico | 18 | 63% | 59% | 55% | 36% |
| Nebraska | 22 | 66% | 54% | 52% | 39% |
| West Virginia | 7 | 77% | 64% | 68% | 46% |
| Idaho | 33 | 62% | 51% | 50% | 35% |
| Hawaii | 41 | 62% | 44% | 52% | 28% |
| Maine | 48 | 48% | 34% | 35% | 22% |
| New Hampshire | 50 | 43% | 33% | 36% | 22% |
| Rhode Island | 35 | 60% | 48% | 48% | 36% |
| Montana | 39 | 64% | 44% | 51% | 31% |
| Delaware | 32 | 61% | 46% | 49% | 34% |
| South Dakota | 16 | 69% | 57% | 56% | 36% |
| Alaska | 44 | 55% | 41% | 49% | 30% |
| North Dakota | 27 | 64% | 53% | 51% | 33% |
| District of Columbia | 27 | 55% | 50% | 51% | 28% |
| Vermont | 48 | 41% | 32% | 33% | 21% |
| Wyoming | 22 | 66% | 49% | 53% | 38% |

### U.S. territories

The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA):
Note that CIA World Factbook data differs from the data below. For example, the CIA World Factbook says that 99.3% of the population in American Samoa is religious.
| Territory | Percent religious (all religions) | Percent Christian | Percent religious (non-Christian) | Percent non-religious | Unknown / Unspecified |
| American Samoa | 98.5% | 97.37% | 1.13% | 0.88% | 0.62% |
| Guam | 95.4% | 91.1% | 4.3% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 98.85% | 81.13% | 17.72% | 1.11% | 0.04% |
| Puerto Rico | 91.53% | 91.2% | 0.33% | 3.16% | 5.31% |
| US Virgin Islands | 83.3% | 81.83% | 1.47% | 4.04% | 12.66% |