Racial and ethnic composition among adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups by race/ethnicity

% of adults who seldom or never attend prayer groups who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama70%25%< 1%2%3%189
Alaska71%2%2%5%19%208
Arizona63%3%4%24%5%380
Arkansas80%10%1%5%3%129
California51%4%14%28%3%2,295
Colorado78%2%1%15%5%315
Connecticut76%8%3%11%2%263
Delaware76%14%3%5%3%178
District of Columbia49%33%5%10%3%196
Florida69%8%1%19%4%1,197
Georgia63%24%1%7%5%450
Hawaii36%2%33%9%21%191
Idaho87%2%< 1%9%1%170
Illinois70%10%4%13%3%812
Indiana87%6%< 1%4%2%340
Iowa91%1%1%5%2%202
Kansas85%3%4%6%3%161
Kentucky90%4%< 1%3%2%208
Louisiana71%20%1%5%3%209
Maine95%2%< 1%1%2%239
Maryland67%18%3%6%6%394
Massachusetts84%4%3%7%3%527
Michigan84%10%1%3%3%583
Minnesota89%1%2%3%4%341
Missouri84%9%2%3%3%365
Montana90%< 1%< 1%3%7%196
Nebraska87%4%1%6%2%168
Nevada64%4%2%22%7%194
New Hampshire96%< 1%1%1%2%216
New Jersey71%6%5%14%4%545
New Mexico51%2%< 1%36%12%189
New York66%10%5%15%5%1,297
North Carolina75%14%2%7%2%493
North Dakota91%< 1%1%3%6%208
Ohio88%6%2%2%2%633
Oklahoma71%4%1%9%16%177
Oregon82%1%2%9%6%266
Pennsylvania84%7%3%5%2%836
Rhode Island86%4%1%6%3%212
South Carolina82%13%< 1%3%1%207
South Dakota87%< 1%< 1%2%10%180
Tennessee79%11%1%5%3%254
Texas53%7%2%33%4%1,234
Utah86%2%2%6%5%118
Vermont94%< 1%1%2%3%240
Virginia74%11%4%7%3%474
Washington76%2%6%9%7%441
West Virginia94%3%< 1%< 1%2%143
Wisconsin91%2%1%4%2%384
Wyoming88%1%< 1%6%5%181
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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