New England and the Northwest Are the Least Christian Parts of U.S.
I'm disapointed that California isn't on the list. Still, it's a positive sign for sanity.
The U.S. has become notably less Christian in the last few years, but the shift has come unevenly, with New England and the Pacific Northwest at the leading edge of the social transformation and the South holding fast to more traditional religious beliefs.
Among the 10 states with the largest percentage of adults who profess no religion, New England has four — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts — and the other six are in the West, according to a major new study by the Pew Research Center.
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Colorado and Nevada round out the list of states with the largest share of secular adults.
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