Parent of children under 18 among adults who pray daily by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who pray daily by parental status

% of adults who pray daily who are…

StateParentsNon-parentsSample size
Alabama31%69%376
Alaska34%66%148
Arizona27%73%361
Arkansas37%63%199
California34%66%1,828
Colorado33%67%245
Connecticut26%74%167
Delaware35%65%153
District of Columbia25%75%146
Florida27%73%1,127
Georgia33%67%624
Hawaii35%65%159
Idaho24%76%169
Illinois31%69%693
Indiana31%69%357
Iowa36%64%172
Kansas38%62%171
Kentucky30%70%280
Louisiana32%68%315
Maine21%79%109
Maryland25%75%330
Massachusetts25%75%265
Michigan30%70%548
Minnesota31%69%284
Mississippi30%70%233
Missouri35%65%369
Montana21%79%158
Nebraska30%70%177
Nevada30%70%152
New Hampshire20%80%118
New Jersey32%68%454
New Mexico26%74%162
New York26%74%946
North Carolina30%70%657
North Dakota25%75%184
Ohio30%70%679
Oklahoma30%70%267
Oregon34%66%179
Pennsylvania28%72%776
Rhode Island30%70%148
South Carolina30%70%339
South Dakota31%69%174
Tennessee32%68%470
Texas35%65%1,610
Utah40%60%196
Virginia29%71%502
Washington26%74%324
West Virginia23%77%200
Wisconsin27%73%292
Wyoming30%70%173
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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