I want to find out where in the United States are people the least religious. How would I go about doing so, or, does anyone happen to know?
First, you’ll have to define for us what you mean by “the least religious”, if you want any kind of a meaningful answer.
The US Census Bureau “is not the source for information on religion.” However, they’re kind enough to point to this
document (PDF).
Based on the table on page 62, it looks like Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, & Washington are the least religious with about 30-35% Christian & Jewish populations.
I probably should have said ‘where the fewest number of people exist who practice their belief in a supreme being’, or something.
Thank you, Taco, that is very helpful.
Perhaps a starting point would be somethign like “percentage of people who regularly attend a place of worship”. Obviously this is only a starting point, but it avoids the vagueness of ‘adherence’ as in the PDF linked above. Many many people will answer ‘Catholic’ (or whatever) when asked ‘what is your religion’, but on even slight probing, they’ll admit to many heretical views. Are they ‘adherents’ or not?