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Interesting...NYT had an interesting feature this week on shifting trends in religious affiliation as well: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/us/25cnd-religion.html
Posted by: Jeremy | February 27, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Did this map only include Christian based religions? No Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, etc???
Posted by: al mair | February 27, 2008 at 11:35 AM
You can certainly see the Bible Belt, the Mormons spreading out of Utah, Garrison Keeler's Lutherans in Minnesota, and the preponderance of Roman Catholics across the rest of the country. I guess the Episcopalians, long the American establishment, are dwindling and shown here on the side as Anglican.
I think the Times article on shifting religious affiliations said that 1 in 10 Americans is an ex-Catholic.
In Oregon, I'd sure like to have a big enough version to read the numbers in those "other" counties. That red county in the center of the state (Jeffeerson)includes the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, I wonder if that's related to the Baptist tilt?
There are other maps showing Jews and Muslims on this website. I expect Buddhists, Hindu, etc were too small to map.
http://www.glenmary.org/GRC/RCMS_2000/maps.htm
Annother chance to plug one of my favorite books, A New Religious America and the affiliated Pluralism Project at Harvard --
http://www.pluralism.org/
Posted by: Michael Wells | February 27, 2008 at 02:26 PM