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. Click on the word "rank" to go to the sources.

Rankings (1,2,3...) mostly by this author (may have errors). 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)

Rank:

S. Baptist.

10 largest %

1990 (?)

Rank according to Importance of religion

(up to 48)

Rank according to % of Agnostic/

Atheist

(up to 44 )

Happiness rank


(See basis)

Rank per median household income

Rank

% of income to charity. 2009

Oklahoma (6)

1 (53%)

4 (75.6%)

36 (9.7%)


3

9 (75%)

37 (9.6%)

20

45 ($42,822)

2

Arkansas (6)

1 (53%)

3 (78.2%)

39 (7.8%)


7

6 (78%)

42 (6.9%)

17

48 ($38,815)

15

Tennessee (19)

2 (51%)

3 (78.2%)

40 (7.7%)


4

4 (79%

38 (7.7%)

4

43 ($43,614)

11

Alabama (9)

3 (49%)

2 (80.2%)

41 (6.7%)


2

2 (82%)

43 (6.8%)

9

46 ($42,666)

6

Kentucky (15)

3 (49%)

9 (70.2%)

33 (13.6%)


5

11 (74%)

33 (10.7%)

35

47 ($41,538)

34

Mississippi (11)

4 (47%)

1 (81%)

42 (6.0%)


1

1 (85%)

44 (5.8%)

6

50 ($37,790)

13

South Carolina (13)

5 (45%)

5 (75.2%)

38 (8.8%)


6

3 (80%)

34 (10.7%)

8

40 ($44,625)

7

North Carolina (18)

6 (41%)

6 (73.2%)

34 (11%)


9

8 (76%)

38 (9.1%)

12

36 ($46,549)

9

Georgia (17)

7 (38%)

7 (72.1%)

35 (10.7)


8

7 (76%)

35 (9.8%)

19

23 ($50,861)

5

Missouri (8)

8 (37%)

11 (63.7%)

27 (17.1%)



15 (68%)

22 (13.3%)

38

35 ($46,867)

31

West Virginia (4)

9 (36%)

8 (71.9%)

38 (8.9%)



12 (71%)

28 (12.6%)

34

49 ($37,989)

51

Texas (10)

10 34%

18 (57.8%)

14 (26.3%)



11 (74%)

36 (9.7%)

16

27 ($50,043)

30

Indiana (16)

10 (34%)

12 (63%)

26 (18.8%)



19 (68%)

27 (12.6%)

47

32 ($47,966)

33

Louisiana (2)

11 (31%)

19 (57%)

7 (33%)



5 (78%)

40 (7.2%)

1

41 ($43,733)

45

Virginia (3)

11 (31%)

10 (67.6%)

32 (13.8%)


10

16 (68%)

29 (12.3%)

28

8 ($61,233)

17

Oregon (16)

12 (30%)

28 (51.3%)

31 (14.8%)



45 (53%)

1 (24.6%)

30

26 ($50,169)

20

Kansas (7)

13 (29%)

13 (63.3%)

25 (20.1%)



13 (70%)

31 (11%)

32

25 ($50,177)

16

Wyoming (3)

14 (26%)

24 (54%)

31 (14.3%)



36 (58%)

14 (16.1%)

13

19 ($53,207)

4

Montana (14)

14 26%

25 (54.7%)

23 (21.6%)



40 (56%)

12 (16.6%

7

42 ($43,654)

35

Ohio (9)

14 (26%)

17 (60.3%)

24 (21.2%



25 (65%)

27 (12.7%)

44

31 ($47,988)

42

Florida (7)

15 (25%)

25 (53.3%)

18 (24.4%)



23 (65%)

26 (12.8%)

3

33 ($47,778)

17

Washington (13)

15 (25%)

27 (52.1%)

28 (16.9%)



46 (52%)

3 (21.8%)

36

10 ($58,078)

26

New Mexico (18)

15 25%

35 (44.3%)

9 (30.3%)



21 (66%)

15 (15.7%)

24

44 ($43,508)

43

North Dakota (8)

16 24%

14 (61.3%)

12 (27.4%)



18 (68%)

41 (7.1%)

25

39 ($45,685)

50

South Dakota (12)

16 (24%)

15 (60.7%)

24 (20.2%)



17 (68%)

21 (13.4%)

15

38 ($46,032)

14

Wisconsin (19)

16 (24%)

30 (49.3%)

6 (32.2%)



31 (61%)

21 (13.4%)

29

21 ($52,094)

40

Michigan (14)

14 (26%)

22 (54.1%)

19 (24.3%



29 (64%)

16 (15.4%)

48

30 ($48,591)

25

Iowa (20)

16 (24%)

16 (60.6%)

19 (24.3%)



26 (64%)

32 (10.9%)

31

29 ($48,980)

41

Arizona (1)

17 (23%)

33 (46.5%)

17 (24.7%)



34 (61%)

11 (17.2%)

5

22 ($50,958)

28

Colorado (5)

17 (23%)

29 (49.5%)

21 (22.6%)



37 (57%)

8 (19.2%

21

13 ($56,993)

20

Idaho (2)

18 (22%)

34 (45%)

30 (15.1%)



33 (61%)

13 (16.5%)

14

34 ($47,576)

11

Nebraska (4)

19 (21%)

18 (69.9%)

16 (24.9%)



20 (67%)

35 (9.8%)

33

28 ($49,693)

26

Minnesota (15)

19 (21%)

24 (53.9%)

10 (28.9%)



27 (64%)

30 (11.9%)

26

12 ($57,288)

22

Illinois (7)

20 (19%)

30 (48.3%)

8 (31.4%)



28 (64%)

24 (13%)

45

16 ($56,235)

28

Pennsylvania (17)

21 (18%)

23 (54%)

11 (28.7%)



22 (65%)

32 (10.9%)

41

24 ($50,713)

35

California

21 (18%)

38 (39.6%)

7 (31.8%)

1


39 (57%)

9 (18.3%)

46

9 ($61,021)

23

Delaware (10)

22 (15%)

20 56.5%)

18 (24.4%)



30 (61%)

20 (13.8%)

22

11 ($57,989)

23

Maine (11)

22 (15%)

32 (47.6%)

15 (26.1)

4


48 (48%)

23 (13.2)

10

36 ($46,581)

49

Maryland (6)

22 (15%)

21 (54.9%)

22 (21.9%)

3


24 (65%)

26 (12.8%)

40

1 ($70,545)

8

D. of Columbia

22 (15%)

24 (54.1%)

30 (15.1%)



32 (61%)

10 (18.1%)

37

$57,936.00

3

Nevada (10)

23 (13%)

37 (40.7%)

13 (26.7%)



43 (54%)

7 (19.4%)

39

15 ($56,361)

38

New Jersey (12)

24 (12%)

41 (35.1%)

4 (42.6%)



35 (60%)

34 (10.5%)

49

2 ($70,378)

38

New Hampshire (11)

25(11%)

40 (36.7%)

5 (34%)



49 (46%)

6 (20.5%)

27

7 $63,731)

44

New York (3)

25 (11%)

42 (34.6%)

5 (38.4%)

5


41 (56%)

19 (13.9%)

51

17 ($56,033)

10

Massachusetts (1)

25 (11%)

44 (28.4%)

2 (46.1%)

2


48 (48%)

14 (16.1%)

43

6 ($65,401)

31

Vermont (5)

25 (11%)

36 (42.4%)

14 (26.3%)



51 (42%)

2 (23.6%)

18

20 ($52,104)

46

Connecticut (8)

26 (10%)

43 (34%)

3 (42.7%)

6


42 (55%)

17 (14.8%)

50

3 ($68,595)

17

Rhode Island (2)

26 (10%)

45 (25.5%)

1 (52.5%)

6


45 (53%)

18 (14%)

42

18 ($55,701)

48

Utah (1)

28 (7%)

46 (13.4%)

37 (9.6%)



14 (69%)

25 (12.9%)

23

14 ($56,633)

1

Hawaii (4)

N/A

39 (37.8%)

20 (22.8%)



37 (57%)

5 (21%)

2

5 ($67,214)

37

Alaska (5)

N/A

22 (54.1%)

29 (15.5%)



47 (51%)

4 (21:4%)

11

4 ($68,460)

46

Notes: Election results list on Wikipedia page now removed. More data here. Happiness dated 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 here. More national stats on the spiritual, etc. State of the Union here.