Most religious congressional district in the US?

[Willy Woz]

Probably Utah's 3rd. Arkansas' 1st and Mississippi's 2nd are close though.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Let's make this more interesting. How about:

-Most religious district held by a Democrat
-Most religious district that voted for Kerry
-Most religious predominately white district held by a Democrat
-Most religious predominately white district that voted for Kerry
-Least religious district
-Least religious district held by a Republican
-Least religious district that voted for Bush

[CPT MikeyMike]

CO-5

[Alcon]

Most uniformly God-believing?
Most uniformly church-attending?
Most uniformly organized religion-subscribing?
Most uniformly evangelical?
Most uniformly religiously conservative?

There are more different answers than there are same ones.

[Verily]

-Most religious district held by a Democrat

ND-AL or SD-AL. Obviously.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

-Most religious district held by a Democrat

ND-AL or SD-AL. Obviously.

There's certainly more militant atheists here than in majority black districts in the Deep South. I know a bunch.

[Alcon]

-Most religious district held by a Democrat

ND-AL or SD-AL. Obviously.

There's certainly more militant atheists here than in majority black districts in the Deep South. I know a bunch.

ND has the lowest percent of non-religious people of any state, per the best survey - 3%.  That is even lower than the Deep South areas.  I don't see how militancy of atheists has anything to do with the "religiousness" of an area.  An atheist is an atheist is an atheist.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

-Most religious district held by a Democrat

ND-AL or SD-AL. Obviously.

There's certainly more militant atheists here than in majority black districts in the Deep South. I know a bunch.

ND has the lowest percent of non-religious people of any state, per the best survey - 3%.  That is even lower than the Deep South areas.  I don't see how militancy of atheists has anything to do with the "religiousness" of an area.  An atheist is an atheist is an atheist.

Then  I must know almost all of that 3%, haha.

[Willy Woz]

-Most religious district held by a Democrat - AR-1
-Most religious district that voted for Kerry - MS-2
-Most religious predominately white district held by a Democrat - AR-1
-Most religious predominately white district that voted for Kerry - DE - AL
-Least religious district - WA-7
-Least religious district held by a Republican - WA-8
-Least religious district that voted for Bush - NH-1

In case you're wondering, I'm not using religious self-reference here. In my book the most religious states are Utah, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, etc. No "North Dakota" out of anywhere.

[Brittain33]

-Most religious predominately white district that voted for Kerry - DE - AL

I'm curious how you assess Delaware's religiosity. I couldn't guess, myself.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

-Least religious district - WA-7

Definitely not that. Major urban centers always have a significant population of immigrants, minorities and poor whites who tend to be religious. The suburban districts there are probably far less so.

[Willy Woz]

-Most religious predominately white district that voted for Kerry - DE - AL

I'm curious how you assess Delaware's religiosity. I couldn't guess, myself.

Parts of it are in the Bible Belt. New Castle County especially.

[Alcon]

-Most religious predominately white district that voted for Kerry - DE - AL

I'm curious how you assess Delaware's religiosity. I couldn't guess, myself.

Parts of it are in the Bible Belt. New Castle County especially.

New Castle County is a very northeastern area.  It shares nothing in common with the Bible Belt.  I think you mean Kent and Sussex counties, which constitute about a third of the state's population.  And, regardless, any argument you could make for southern Delaware being the most something, there's going to be a Deep South district that's more that thing.

Seventeen percent of Delaware identifies as non-religious, which is not low.  Delaware is really not the most anything, including religious.

[Willy Woz]

-Most religious predominately white district that voted for Kerry - DE - AL

I'm curious how you assess Delaware's religiosity. I couldn't guess, myself.

Parts of it are in the Bible Belt. New Castle County especially.

New Castle County is a very northeastern area.  It shares nothing in common with the Bible Belt.  I think you mean Kent and Sussex counties, which constitute about a third of the state's population.  And, regardless, any argument you could make for southern Delaware being the most something, there's going to be a Deep South district that's more that thing.

Seventeen percent of Delaware identifies as non-religious, which is not low.  Delaware is really not the most anything, including religious.

Sorry. Kent and Sussex rather. My bad.

And 17% of Utahns identify as "non-religious", does that mean it's not very religious? I think wherever you get these reports about state religiosity is seriously whacked.

[Alcon]

Sorry. Kent and Sussex rather. My bad.

And 17% of Utahns identify as "non-religious", does that mean it's not very religious? I think wherever you get these reports about state religiosity is seriously whacked.

No, that means it has a lot of people who aren't affiliated with a religion.

Delaware is (and this is one hell of a simplification) about 60% northeastern urban/suburban, 10% northeastern rural, 30% peripheral South-like.  That doesn't add up to a state more religious than anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon by any logical definition of the term "religiosity."

[ottermax]

-Least religious district - WA-7

Definitely not that. Major urban centers always have a significant population of immigrants, minorities and poor whites who tend to be religious. The suburban districts there are probably far less so.

Actually Seattle is an odd city, the population is two-third White, and its largest minority group is Asian which tends to be rather nonreligious. Tacoma has a larger minority population actually.  Next door, Bellevue is a suburb with a large immigrant population, but is still mostly nonreligious. Overall, the Seattle area lacks much religious following although in some exurbs you might find some very religious people. My district (the 8th) is probably the least religious state with a Republican in office, mostly because people here are quite fiscally conservative.

[CultureKing]

-Least religious district - WA-7

Definitely not that. Major urban centers always have a significant population of immigrants, minorities and poor whites who tend to be religious. The suburban districts there are probably far less so.

Actually Seattle is an odd city, the population is two-third White, and its largest minority group is Asian which tends to be rather nonreligious. Tacoma has a larger minority population actually.  Next door, Bellevue is a suburb with a large immigrant population, but is still mostly nonreligious. Overall, the Seattle area lacks much religious following although in some exurbs you might find some very religious people. My district (the 8th) is probably the least religious state with a Republican in office, mostly because people here are quite fiscally conservative.

I think the 3rd may well have been the least religous to have voted for Bush in 2004. Yay!

[Alcon]

I think the 3rd may well have been the least religous to have voted for Bush in 2004. Yay!

Maybe so...although Clark County is pretty status-quo suburban-y.  And Lewis County is pretty big on the Jesus.  Olympia, on the other hand...

Most non-religious people, I'd probably bet WY-AL or maybe one of the NV districts.  Who knows, though?  WA-3 is a possibility.

(Edit: Oh duh, VT-AL is up there.)

[ottermax]

I think the 3rd may well have been the least religous to have voted for Bush in 2004. Yay!

Maybe so...although Clark County is pretty status-quo suburban-y.  And Lewis County is pretty big on the Jesus.  Olympia, on the other hand...

Most non-religious people, I'd probably bet WY-AL or maybe one of the NV districts.  Who knows, though?  WA-3 is a possibility.

We probably won't ever find the answers, these facts are definitely not produced on a district level.

[Alcon]

Yeah.

Damn Census punks.

[ottermax]

Well, religion can be very sensitive. Not many Muslims would feel safe putting down their religions, and it keeps the separation of church and state discrete.

[Хahar 🤔]

Well, religion can be very sensitive. Not many Muslims would feel safe putting down their religions, and it keeps the separation of church and state discrete.

Yeah, I used a pseudonym for a few months before "coming out" as a Muslim today. Not sure if anyone's noticed.

[Alcon]

Well, religion can be very sensitive. Not many Muslims would feel safe putting down their religions, and it keeps the separation of church and state discrete.

True, although Canada does manage OK.  I understand the sensitivity as a U.S. citizen, but it frustrates me as a stats geek.

[Cubby]

Well, religion can be very sensitive. Not many Muslims would feel safe putting down their religions, and it keeps the separation of church and state discrete.

True, although Canada does manage OK.  I understand the sensitivity as a U.S. citizen, but it frustrates me as a stats geek.

I agree. Britain also collects census data on religion (although that whole "jedi" incident in 2001 shows how juvenile even adults can be). I wish we could as well, but Census forms are seen as too intrusive already, there is no way that questions on religion could be added. There's just too much distrust of government here for it to happen.

[Smash255]

-Most religious district held by a Democrat - AR-1
-Most religious district that voted for Kerry - MS-2
-Most religious predominately white district held by a Democrat - AR-1
-Most religious predominately white district that voted for Kerry - DE - AL
-Least religious district - WA-7
-Least religious district held by a Republican - WA-8
-Least religious district that voted for Bush - NH-1

In case you're wondering, I'm not using religious self-reference here. In my book the most religious states are Utah, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, etc. No "North Dakota" out of anywhere.

My district, NY-3 may give NH-1 a run for its money in least religious district won by Bush