PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans living in Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina are most likely to attend church on a regular basis, a new analysis by the Gallup Organization shows.
Fifty-eight percent of people polled in each of those Southern states said they attended church weekly or almost weekly, according to data released April 27. Utah, a predominantly Mormon state, was not far behind, with 55 percent reporting similar attendance.
Analysts for the Princeton, N.J.-based research organization looked at more than 68,000 interviews conducted in the past two years to determine which states have the highest and lowest church attendance. Overall 42 percent of Americans say they attend church or synagogue once a week or almost every week, while 43 percent say they seldom or never attend worship services. The New England states of New Hampshire (24 percent), Vermont (24 percent) and Rhode Island (28 percent) were among the states where people reported the lowest levels of regular attendance.
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