I noticed this little gem today on CNET News. It was a small blurb linking to a study that shows the Map of Religion in the US.
The maps, organized by religion, show the membership percentages of each religion for each county in the United States. The results, from 2000, aren’t too surprising. It kind of plays out like an electoral map, the most religious states are in the South and Midwest, the South being predominantly Baptist and the Midwest having Episcopal leanings. The Roman Catholic church has the Northeast on lock, as well as a large swath of the Southwest. And we all know which way Utah leans (Mormon).
So what is surprising? Well, the number of Amish in Illinois, for one. Or maybe that the Quakers are still kicking… I won’t ruin it for you… Check it out, its about 30 minutes of graphically represented statistical fun.
So how and where do the Zoroastrian’s and the Scientologists figure in?