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

% of adults who seldom or never pray who identify as…

StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alaska74%< 1%2%5%18%101
Arizona64%1%5%26%4%157
California55%2%19%21%3%1,074
Colorado83%1%1%13%3%147
Connecticut85%7%3%4%< 1%112
Florida72%3%1%21%3%456
Georgia71%17%2%6%5%150
Illinois73%6%6%13%2%303
Indiana91%2%< 1%5%2%129
Maine97%< 1%< 1%1%3%124
Maryland72%16%6%4%2%167
Massachusetts84%2%4%5%5%271
Michigan89%5%< 1%2%4%220
Minnesota87%1%3%5%4%138
Missouri86%8%4%2%1%126
New Hampshire95%< 1%1%< 1%3%105
New Jersey76%5%5%11%3%211
New York71%8%6%12%3%573
North Carolina85%4%2%7%1%164
Ohio88%4%2%4%1%190
Oregon87%< 1%2%5%6%144
Pennsylvania84%5%3%6%2%288
Texas57%3%3%34%3%405
Vermont96%< 1%1%2%2%132
Virginia77%5%7%8%3%188
Washington77%1%7%7%7%230
Wisconsin90%1%4%4%1%145
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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