Racial and ethnic composition among adults who pray daily by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who pray daily by race/ethnicity

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StateWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Alabama67%27%< 1%3%3%373
Alaska58%8%5%7%22%145
Arizona63%4%3%28%4%349
Arkansas76%14%1%6%4%197
California37%8%11%40%4%1,799
Colorado69%5%1%21%4%245
Connecticut68%10%1%15%5%165
Delaware63%27%1%8%2%151
District of Columbia17%71%2%7%3%146
Florida55%18%1%23%4%1,116
Georgia54%34%< 1%7%5%616
Hawaii27%6%31%11%25%157
Idaho90%2%1%6%1%170
Illinois64%17%3%13%4%677
Indiana79%12%1%6%2%354
Iowa92%3%2%1%2%172
Kansas79%6%1%12%2%171
Kentucky88%8%< 1%2%2%279
Louisiana62%32%< 1%3%3%312
Maine92%4%< 1%1%2%108
Maryland45%37%2%9%7%327
Massachusetts68%11%1%14%6%254
Michigan74%17%1%4%4%541
Minnesota83%8%1%3%4%278
Mississippi57%38%< 1%3%2%231
Missouri81%12%< 1%4%3%368
Montana86%< 1%< 1%2%12%158
Nebraska83%3%1%10%2%177
Nevada52%11%2%26%9%153
New Hampshire87%3%< 1%7%4%118
New Jersey54%18%4%20%4%450
New Mexico43%2%2%44%9%161
New York51%20%6%19%5%931
North Carolina65%24%1%6%4%652
North Dakota89%1%1%2%7%181
Ohio80%14%1%3%2%668
Oklahoma70%8%1%7%14%266
Oregon77%1%1%11%9%175
Pennsylvania79%13%1%4%2%767
Rhode Island77%4%< 1%10%9%147
South Carolina62%29%< 1%5%4%338
South Dakota88%< 1%1%3%8%173
Tennessee77%18%< 1%3%3%466
Texas48%15%2%32%4%1,594
Utah84%1%1%9%4%194
Virginia61%23%4%8%4%495
Washington74%6%5%9%7%317
West Virginia94%4%< 1%< 1%3%198
Wisconsin87%6%1%4%2%289
Wyoming86%1%< 1%10%4%173
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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