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Alcon
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« on: December 23, 2006, 04:50:17 PM »
« edited: December 23, 2006, 04:52:33 PM by Alcon »

No religion? or No Organized Religion?

Non-religious.

Those without religion are estimated at 25% in Washington, and growing.  Roman Catholics are 20%.  The next is Lutheran, at 6% (generalised Protestants are at 29%, but that will probably fall below non-religious soon too).

Only 63% of Washingtonians identify as Christian, easily the lowest in the country that I can find.  So far, it's the only state I've found that is below 70%.

And then there's the consideration that a lot of those Christians never go to church and have no idea what their denomination stands for.  In reality, I'd wager that most people in Washington are "non-religious" in the sense that they don't practise their denomination of choice to any real extent.

I personally know very few religious people.  I'd say the vast majority of people at my school do not attend church even occasionally.
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2006, 05:35:57 PM »

Here is the rank for "most Christian" per the City University of New York survey:

1. Alabama - 92%
1. South Carolina - 92%
3. South Dakota - 91%
4. Louisiana - 90%
4. Nebraska - 90%
6. North Carolina - 88%
7. Mississippi - 86%
7. North Dakota - 86%
9. Georgia - 85%
9. Wisconsin - 85%
11. Virginia - 84%
12. Connecticut - 83%
13. Alaska - 82%
13. Florida - 82%
13. Indiana - 82%
13. Maine - 82%
13. Maryland - 82%
13. Michigan - 82%
13. Montana - 82%
13. Tennessee - 82%
21. Arkansas
21. New Mexico - 81%
21. Rhode Island - 81%
21. Texas - 81%
25. Arizona - 80%
25. Illinois - 80%
25. New Hampshire - 80%
28. Delaware - 79%
28. Idaho - 79%
28. Massachusetts - 79%
28. Pennsylvania - 79%
32. Nevada - 78%
32. Oklahoma - 78%
32. Wyoming - 78%
35. California - 77%
35. Missouri - 77%
37. Kentucky - 76%
37. Minnesota - 76%
39. Colorado - 75%
39. Oregon - 75%
39. Utah - 75%
39. West Virginia - 75%
43. Iowa - 74%
43. Ohio - 74%
43. Vermont - 74%
46. Kansas - 73%
47. District of Columbia - 72%
48. New Jersey - 70%
49. Hawai'i - 68%
49. New York - 68%
51. Washington - 63%

Just for reference...
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Alcon
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2006, 06:40:10 PM »
« Edited: December 24, 2006, 04:51:01 AM by Alcon »

Yep.

No religion by state:

WA - 25%
VT - 22%
CO, OR - 21%
NV, WY - 20%
CA, ID - 19%
NM, NY - 18%
AZ, DE, MT, NH, UT - 17%
IN, MA, ME - 16%
IL, KS, MI, MO, NJ, OH, RI - 15%
MN, OK, WI - 14%
AR, DC, IA, KY, MD, NJ, WV - 13%
CT, FL, GA, PA, VA - 12%
TX - 11%
NC - 10%
LA, NE, TN - 9%
SD - 8%
MS, SC - 7%
AL - 6%
ND - 3%
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Alcon
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2007, 01:22:11 PM »
« Edited: January 16, 2007, 03:15:12 PM by Alcon »

Do you know if there's any county that is majority non-religious?

The only survey to do by county and include non-religious people estimated the religious population at 50.03% countrywide, which is more like the religious population not belonging to a congregation.

The lowest rate for a county I've been able to find on that in a county reasonably large/populated to actually have its own churches is Ferry County, Washington, at 16.71%.  However, there could easily be people going to adjacent counties there.  The lowest genuine rate I've been able to find of a definitely self-sustained county is probably San Juan County, Washington's 17.15% - since San Juan County is entirely made of islands, after all.

Only one Washington county, Franklin, is above average in religious attendance; the only other to come close is Adams.  Both share one thing:  Hispanics accounting for about half the population.
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Alcon
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2007, 10:03:31 PM »

According to those maps, I was once a Lutheran living in a county with no Lutherans. (Of course my family went to church in another county usually so we'd probably be counted there)

Yeah.
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Alcon
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 12:41:28 PM »

That's self-identification, not church attendance
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