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State | Buddhist | Catholic | Evangelical Protestant | Hindu | Historically Black Protestant | Jehovah's Witness | Jewish | Mainline Protestant | Mormon | Muslim | Orthodox Christian | Other Christian | Other Faiths | Other World Religions | Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | < 1% | 7% | 37% | < 1% | 21% | < 1% | 1% | 15% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 19% | < 1% | 180 |
Alaska | 2% | 9% | 16% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 13% | 4% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 5% | 1% | 38% | 3% | 146 |
Arizona | 1% | 25% | 19% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 11% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 35% | < 1% | 286 |
Arkansas | < 1% | 9% | 32% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | 18% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 30% | 1% | 114 |
California | 2% | 28% | 12% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 33% | 1% | 1,596 |
Colorado | 1% | 19% | 20% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 2% | 18% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 32% | 1% | 209 |
Connecticut | < 1% | 35% | 8% | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 4% | 18% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 28% | 1% | 197 |
Delaware | < 1% | 20% | 14% | 1% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | 23% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 29% | 3% | 141 |
District of Columbia | < 1% | 23% | 8% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 29% | < 1% | 118 |
Florida | < 1% | 22% | 17% | 1% | 7% | < 1% | 4% | 16% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 30% | < 1% | 933 |
Georgia | < 1% | 10% | 27% | < 1% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 16% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 24% | 1% | 360 |
Hawaii | 10% | 18% | 19% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 12% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 29% | 2% | 158 |
Idaho | < 1% | 12% | 16% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 20% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 38% | 2% | 150 |
Illinois | 1% | 27% | 13% | 1% | 8% | < 1% | 2% | 17% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 28% | 1% | 596 |
Indiana | < 1% | 18% | 20% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 23% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 31% | < 1% | 282 |
Iowa | < 1% | 13% | 22% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 36% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 27% | 1% | 148 |
Kansas | < 1% | 17% | 20% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 30% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 139 |
Kentucky | < 1% | 12% | 43% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 30% | < 1% | 175 |
Louisiana | 1% | 29% | 19% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 17% | 1% | 172 |
Maine | < 1% | 21% | 10% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 20% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 38% | 2% | 167 |
Maryland | 1% | 17% | 11% | < 1% | 15% | < 1% | 5% | 18% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 29% | < 1% | 282 |
Massachusetts | < 1% | 34% | 6% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 4% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 35% | < 1% | 366 |
Michigan | 1% | 18% | 16% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | 1% | 20% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 31% | 2% | 447 |
Minnesota | < 1% | 21% | 15% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 34% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 22% | 2% | 261 |
Missouri | < 1% | 18% | 26% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | < 1% | 19% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 27% | < 1% | 267 |
Montana | 1% | 20% | 20% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 17% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 35% | < 1% | 138 |
Nebraska | < 1% | 22% | 16% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 28% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 26% | 3% | 134 |
Nevada | < 1% | 23% | 13% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 1% | 12% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 36% | 2% | 162 |
New Hampshire | < 1% | 25% | 10% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 21% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 38% | < 1% | 168 |
New Jersey | < 1% | 37% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 14% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 1% | 19% | 1% | 421 |
New Mexico | 1% | 36% | 11% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 22% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 25% | < 1% | 115 |
New York | 1% | 33% | 5% | 1% | 5% | < 1% | 6% | 14% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 30% | 1% | 935 |
North Carolina | < 1% | 9% | 26% | 1% | 12% | < 1% | < 1% | 20% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 27% | < 1% | 391 |
North Dakota | < 1% | 29% | 13% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 30% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 160 |
Ohio | 1% | 19% | 21% | < 1% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 18% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 29% | 1% | 527 |
Oklahoma | < 1% | 9% | 40% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 23% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 21% | < 1% | 163 |
Oregon | < 1% | 18% | 20% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 14% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 37% | 2% | 185 |
Pennsylvania | < 1% | 26% | 11% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 2% | 27% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 26% | < 1% | 590 |
Rhode Island | < 1% | 53% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 15% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 2% | 23% | < 1% | 156 |
South Carolina | < 1% | 17% | 21% | < 1% | 19% | < 1% | 2% | 16% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 24% | < 1% | 177 |
South Dakota | < 1% | 27% | 11% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 33% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 26% | < 1% | 140 |
Tennessee | < 1% | 7% | 42% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | 1% | 14% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 23% | < 1% | 231 |
Texas | 1% | 25% | 21% | 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | 16% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 26% | < 1% | 953 |
Utah | 1% | 6% | 4% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | 37% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | 39% | 1% | 119 |
Vermont | 1% | 28% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 21% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 39% | 3% | 162 |
Virginia | 1% | 13% | 19% | < 1% | 14% | < 1% | 2% | 17% | 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 27% | < 1% | 350 |
Washington | 2% | 14% | 15% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 14% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 43% | 1% | 308 |
West Virginia | < 1% | 8% | 23% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 35% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 27% | 1% | 125 |
Wisconsin | < 1% | 28% | 16% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 21% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 31% | < 1% | 267 |
Wyoming | < 1% | 15% | 17% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 18% | 10% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 3% | < 1% | 35% | < 1% | 125 |
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