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and in the United States by state, asking the degree to which respondents consider themselves to be religious. The Pew Research Center and Public Religion Research Institute have conducted studies of reported frequency of attendance to religious service. [2] The Harris Poll has conducted surveys of the percentage of people who believe in God. [3]
Church attendance is a central religious practice for many Christians; some Christian denominations require church attendance on the Lord's Day (Sunday). The Canon Law of the Catholic Church states, "on Sundays and other holy days of obligation , the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass ". [ 2 ]
Church attendance in the western states of Oregon, Washington, and California was only slightly higher. [4] A 2008 Gallup poll comparing belief in God among U.S. regions found that only 59% of residents in the Western United States believe in God, compared to 80% in the East, 83% in the Midwest, and 86% in the South. [7]
Vermonters are the least likely to head to church on Sundays, according to Gallup, with only 17 percent reporting weekly church attendance. Fellow Northeastern states New Hampshire, Maine and ...
(Regular attendance is defined here as going to services at least three out of four weeks.) If this figure is accurate, it means only one person in 20 attends church, mosque or synagogue consistently.
Church closures were among the most contested measures brought in to fight COVID-19 Mario Tama/Getty ImagesThe lockdowns that almost every state went into in order to combat the spread of COVID-19 ...
Church attendance varies significantly by state and region. In a 2014 Gallup survey, less than half of Americans said that they attended church or synagogue weekly. The figures ranged from 51% in Utah to 17% in Vermont .
The states less religious than Oregon, in order, are Washington, Alaska, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. [16] In a 2006 Gallup poll, Oregonians tied for seventh state with the lowest church attendance, at 32%, along with California and Washington. Church attendance ranged from 58% to 24% in the poll. [17]