Gallup is out with a fascinating new ranking of the most and least religious states in the nation.The pollster asked 350,000 Americans a simple question: "Is religion an important part of your daily life?"
Here are the ten states where the greatest proportions of people answered "yes" to that question:
85% Mississippi
82% Alabama
80% South Carolina
79% Tennessee
78% Louisiana
78% Arkansas
76% Georgia
76% North Carolina
75% Oklahoma
74% Kentucky
74% Texas
These are the ten states where the smallest proportions of people answered "yes" to that question:
42% Vermont
46% New Hampshire
48% Maine
48% Massachusetts
51% Alaska
52% Washington
53% Oregon
53% Rhode Island
54% Nevada
55% Connecticut
