Gallup poll: Oklahoma among Top 10 “most religious” states
Findings from a new Gallup Poll are out and it seems that Oklahoma is among the top 10 “most religous” states in America.
However, Mississippi beat out the Sooner State and eight other states for the No. 1 spot.
The new Gallup Poll, based on more than 350,000 interviews, finds that Mississippi is the one where the most people — 85 percent — say yes when asked “Is religion an important part of your daily life?,” the Religion News Service reports.
The RNS said joining Mississippi in the top “most religious” states are other notches in the Bible Belt: Alabama (82 percent), South Carolina (80 percent), Tennessee (79 percent), Louisiana (78 percent), and Arkansas (78 percent). Oklahoma came in at No. 9 with 70 percent.
Less than half of Vermonters (42 percent) answered yes to the question at hand. New England predominated the top “least religious” states, with New Hampshire (46 percent), Maine (48 percent), Massachusetts (48 percent), Alaska (51 percent) and Washington (52 percent) following Vermont.
“Clearly, states in the South in particular, but also some states in the Southwest and Rocky Mountains … have very religious residents and New England states in particular, coupled with states like Alaska and others, are irreligious,” said Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of The Gallup Poll.
Overall, Gallup researchers found that 65 percent of all Americans said religion was important in their daily lives. The total sample of 355,334 U.S. adults, including respondents with land-line telephones and cellular phones, had a margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage point. Some states had margins of error as high as plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Newport tol the Religion News Service he was surprised that one state — Utah — did not make the “most religious” list, given the state’s large Mormon population.
Following is Gallup’s entire list of states, as reported by the Religion News Service, in order of what percentage of respondents said religion is “an important part” of their daily lives:
— Mississippi (85)
— Alabama (82)
— South Carolina (80)
— Tennessee (79)
— Louisiana (78)
— Arkansas (78)
— Georgia (76)
— North Carolina (76)
— Oklahoma (75)
— Kentucky (74)
— Texas (74)
— West Virginia (71)
— Kansas (70)
— Utah (69)
— Missouri (68)
— Virginia (68)
— South Dakota (68)
— North Dakota (68)
— Indiana (68)
— Nebraska (67)
— New Mexico (66)
— Pennsylvania (65)
— Florida (65)
— Maryland (65)
— Ohio (65)
— Iowa (64)
— Minnesota (64)
— Illinois (64)
— Michigan (64)
— Delaware (61)
— Wisconsin (61)
— District of Columbia (61)
— Idaho (61)
— Arizona (61)
— New Jersey (60)
— Wyoming (58)
— Colorado (57)
— Hawaii (57)
— California (57)
— Montana (56)
— New York (56)
— Connecticut (55)
— Nevada (54)
— Rhode Island (53)
— Oregon (53)
— Washington (52)
— Alaska (51)
— Massachusetts (48)
— Maine (48)
— New Hampshire (46)
— Vermont (42)
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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