Statistical correlations

This is a compilation of how states rank according to their voting record, faith, beliefs, etc., from polls and records, and their possible relations to each other. Also, demographical map below

More national stats on the spiritual, etc. State of the Union here.

Rankings (1,2,3...) mostly by this author (could have slight errors). Click on the word "rank" to go to the sources. Duplicate percentages = same rank, thus highest rank less than 50. Press F11 key on most browsers for full screen viewing. PDF download here.

Political rank determined by average margins of victory in last 5 elections.

Red states = Republican

Purple = Swing

Blue = Democrat

Rank: according to % Evangelical Protestants by state

(up to 26)

Rank:

according to % of all Protestants

(up to 46)

Rank" according to % of Catholics

(up to 42)

Rank: 10 most liberal

(2004)

S. Baptist

10 largest %

1990 (?)

Rank according to Impor-tance of religion

(up to 48)

Rank according to % of Agnostic/

Atheist

(up to 44 )

Happiness rank

(See basis)

Rank per median house-hold income

% of in-come to charity. 2009*

Oklahoma (6)

1 (53%)

4 (75.6%)

36 (9.7%)

9 (75%)

37 (9.6%)

45 ($42,822)

Arkansas (6)

1 (53%)

3 (78.2%)

39 (7.8%)

6 (78%)

42 (6.9%)

48 ($38,815)

Tennessee (19)

2 (51%)

3 (78.2%)

40 (7.7%)

4 (79%

38 (7.7%)

43 ($43,614)

Alabama (9)

3 (49%)

2 (80.2%)

41 (6.7%)

2 (82%)

43 (6.8%)

46 ($42,666)

Kentucky (15)

3 (49%)

9 (70.2%)

33 (13.6%)

11 (74%)

33 (10.7%)

47 ($41,538)

Mississippi (11)

4 (47%)

1 (81%)

42 (6.0%)

1 (85%)

44 (5.8%)

50 ($37,790)

South Carolina (13)

5 (45%)

5 (75.2%)

38 (8.8%)

3 (80%)

34 (10.7%)

40 ($44,625)

North Carolina (18)

6 (41%)

6 (73.2%)

34 (11%)

8 (76%)

38 (9.1%)

36 ($46,549)

Georgia (17)

7 (38%)

7 (72.1%)

35 (10.7)

7 (76%)

35 (9.8%)

23 ($50,861)

Missouri (8)

8 (37%)

11 (63.7%)

27 (17.1%)

15 (68%)

22 (13.3%)

35 ($46,867)

West Virginia (4)

9 (36%)

8 (71.9%)

38 (8.9%)

12 (71%)

28 (12.6%)

49 ($37,989)

Texas (10)

10 34%

18 (57.8%)

14 (26.3%)

11 (74%)

36 (9.7%)

27 ($50,043)

Indiana (16)

10 (34%)

12 (63%)

26 (18.8%)

19 (68%)

27 (12.6%)

32 ($47,966)

Louisiana (2)

11 (31%)

19 (57%)

7 (33%)

5 (78%)

40 (7.2%)

41 ($43,733)

Virginia (3)

11 (31%)

10 (67.6%)

32 (13.8%)

16 (68%)

29 (12.3%)

8 ($61,233)

Oregon (16)

12 (30%)

28 (51.3%)

31 (14.8%)

45 (53%)

1 (24.6%)

26 ($50,169)

Kansas (7)

13 (29%)

13 (63.3%)

25 (20.1%)

13 (70%)

31 (11%)

25 ($50,177)

Wyoming (3)

14 (26%)

24 (54%)

31 (14.3%)

36 (58%)

14 (16.1%)

19 ($53,207)

Montana (14)

14 26%

25 (54.7%)

23 (21.6%)

40 (56%)

12 (16.6%

42 ($43,654)

Ohio (9)

14 (26%)

17 (60.3%)

24 (21.2%

25 (65%)

27 (12.7%)

31 ($47,988)

Florida (7)

15 (25%)

25 (53.3%)

18 (24.4%)

23 (65%)

26 (12.8%)

33 ($47,778)

Washington (13)

15 (25%)

27 (52.1%)

28 (16.9%)

46 (52%)

3 (21.8%)

10 ($58,078)

New Mexico (18)

15 25%

35 (44.3%)

9 (30.3%)

21 (66%)

15 (15.7%)

44 ($43,508)

North Dakota (8)

16 24%

14 (61.3%)

12 (27.4%)

18 (68%)

41 (7.1%)

39 ($45,685)

South Dakota (12)

16 (24%)

15 (60.7%)

24 (20.2%)

17 (68%)

21 (13.4%)

38 ($46,032)

Wisconsin (19)

16 (24%)

30 (49.3%)

6 (32.2%)

31 (61%)

21 (13.4%)

21 ($52,094)

Michigan (14)

14 (26%)

22 (54.1%)

19 (24.3%

29 (64%)

16 (15.4%)

30 ($48,591)

Iowa (20)

16 (24%)

16 (60.6%)

19 (24.3%)

26 (64%)

32 (10.9%)

29 ($48,980)

Arizona (1)

17 (23%)

33 (46.5%)

17 (24.7%)

34 (61%)

11 (17.2%)

22 ($50,958)

Colorado (5)

17 (23%)

29 (49.5%)

21 (22.6%)

37 (57%)

8 (19.2%

13 ($56,993)

Idaho (2)

18 (22%)

34 (45%)

30 (15.1%)

33 (61%)

13 (16.5%)

34 ($47,576)

Nebraska (4)

19 (21%)

18 (69.9%)

16 (24.9%)

20 (67%)

35 (9.8%)

28 ($49,693)

Minnesota (15)

19 (21%)

24 (53.9%)

10 (28.9%)

27 (64%)

30 (11.9%)

12 ($57,288)

Illinois (7)

20 (19%)

30 (48.3%)

8 (31.4%)

28 (64%)

24 (13%)

16 ($56,235)

Pennsylvania (17)

21 (18%)

23 (54%)

11 (28.7%)

22 (65%)

32 (10.9%)

24 ($50,713)

California

21 (18%)

38 (39.6%)

7 (31.8%)

39 (57%)

9 (18.3%)

9 ($61,021)

Delaware (10)

22 (15%)

20 56.5%)

18 (24.4%)

30 (61%)

20 (13.8%)

11 ($57,989)

Maine (11)

22 (15%)

32 (47.6%)

15 (26.1)

48 (48%)

23 (13.2)

36 ($46,581)

Maryland (6)

22 (15%)

21 (54.9%)

22 (21.9%)

24 (65%)

26 (12.8%)

1 ($70,545)

D. of Columbia

22 (15%)

24 (54.1%)

30 (15.1%)

32 (61%)

10 (18.1%)

$57,936.00

Nevada (10)

23 (13%)

37 (40.7%)

13 (26.7%)

43 (54%)

7 (19.4%)

15 ($56,361)

New Jersey (12)

24 (12%)

41 (35.1%)

4 (42.6%)

35 (60%)

34 (10.5%)

2 ($70,378)

New Hampshire (11)

25(11%)

40 (36.7%)

5 (34%)

49 (46%)

6 (20.5%)

7 $63,731)

New York (3)

25 (11%)

42 (34.6%)

5 (38.4%)

41 (56%)

19 (13.9%)

17 ($56,033)

Massachusetts (1)

25 (11%)

44 (28.4%)

2 (46.1%)

48 (48%)

14 (16.1%)

6 ($65,401)

Vermont (5)

25 (11%)

36 (42.4%)

14 (26.3%)

51 (42%)

2 (23.6%)

20 ($52,104)

Connecticut (8)

26 (10%)

43 (34%)

3 (42.7%)

42 (55%)

17 (14.8%)

3 ($68,595)

Rhode Island (2)

26 (10%)

45 (25.5%)

1 (52.5%)

45 (53%)

18 (14%)

18 ($55,701)

Utah (1)

28 (7%)

46 (13.4%)

37 (9.6%)

14 (69%)

25 (12.9%)

14 ($56,633)

Hawaii (4)

N/A

39 (37.8%)

20 (22.8%)

37 (57%)

5 (21%)

5 ($67,214)

Alaska (5)

N/A

22 (54.1%)

29 (15.5%)

47 (51%)

4 (21:4%)

4 ($68,460)

* A different study which ranks states according to the amount of charitable income given is here.

Notes: Election results list on Wikipedia page now removed. More data here. “Happiness” data derived from two data sets. One included subjective personal reports of happiness, while the other included objective measures, such as state population density, air quality, home prices + other factors known to normally impact quality of life. However, the latter method would not necessarily denote the happiest people. Miscl. data: Massachusetts had the highest percentage of Catholics at 36 percent, New York, Illinois and New Hampshire also had 50 or more Catholic legislators: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/population/religion.html. The Happiness rating: http://www.livescience.com/culture/091217-happy-state-list.html. Of additional interest may be the massive U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: http://religions.pewforum.org/reports. Also Barna Poll on U.S. Religious Belief – 2001 http://www.adherents.com/misc/BarnaPoll.html. PDF download of this page here.

The States (including District of Columbia) with the highest concentrations of homosexual households in the year 2000 (which comprise less than 1% of all households) were	A revised estimate based on the 2010 census ranks the 10 highest concentrations in States (not including District of Columbia, which was was highest at 1.172) as follows	The same table shows the states with the lowest concentrations of homosexual households as follows
1. District of Columbia	1. Rhode Island 0.885	1. Wyoming 0.175
2. New Hampshire	2. Massachusetts 0.829	2. South Dakota 0.181
3. Washington	3. Hawaii 0.779	3. Mississippi 0.258
4. Massachusetts	4. Maine 0.774	4. North Dakota 0.292
5. Maine	5. California 0.726	5. Alaska 0.295
6. California	6. New Mexico 0.701	6. Alabama 0.300
7. Colorado	7. Vermont 0.697	7. Idaho 0.315
8. Vermont	8. Connecticut 0.672	8. South Carolina 0.318
9. New Mexico	9. Arizona 0.649	9. Kansas 0.330
10. Minnesota	10. Washington 0.632	10. Arkansas 0.360

Below, most common religious affiliations in the 48 contiguous U.S. States (from Wikipedia), based on the American Religious Identification Survey; (click on X if not visible,

Data for above map from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states) and subject to Terms of use (credit source, etc.)

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