New Poll Finds Miss. to Be the Most Rel. US State; Also Finds Vt. and N.H. to Be the Least Rel. States

The Gallup website reports today (March 28, 2012) that a new poll shows that Mississippi is the most religious U.S. state.

At the other end of the spectrum, Vermont and New Hampshire are the least religious states, and are two of five states -- along with Maine, Massachusetts, and Alaska -- where less than 30 percent of all residents are very religious.

Gallup classifies 40 percent of Americans nationwide as very religious, because they attend church services every -- or almost every -- week.

Another 32 percent of Americans are nonreligious, while the remaining 28 percent of Americans are moderately religious, in that they say religion is important, but they do not attend services regularly.