Monday, July 31, 2006

Religions of America

USA Today recently posted this great graphic displaying the self-professed religion of Americans.

Two interesting factoids:

In three states there is a majority (>50%) professing one religion. The religions are Mormon, Baptist, Catholic. Which are the three states?

In six states, more than 1/5 the population professes no religion at all. Which states are these? (Hint: 5 of the 6 are in the West)

2 comments:

  1. I knew the mormon one and wasn't surprised by the Baptist one, but the Catholic one caught me by surprise. At least a bit.

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  2. I forgot to list the answers but they're better here in the comments anyway.

    The three states with majority religions are:
    Mormon - Utah
    Baptist - Mississippi
    Catholic - Rhode Island

    The 6 states with 20% or more stating no religion are Washington, Vermont, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming.

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