| Editors: | Patricia O'Connell Killen |
| Mark Silk |
In the Religion by Region Project, the states of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington make up the Pacific Northwest. The region's ethos is shaped by the encounter of a relatively small, primarily urban population with a vast and beautiful landscape. The Pacific Northwest is an "open religious environment." Here fewer people (37%) affiliate with a religious institution than in any other region of the country. More adults respond "none" when asked their religious identity (25%) than in any other region. Those participating in church, synagogue, temple or mosque are distributed among many different religious bodies. The region's pattern of relative predominance among these bodies diverges in significant ways from the national. With low levels of religious adherence and no dominant religious reference group, the Pacific Northwest presents a highly elastic religious reality.
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Alaska - Adherents as % of Total Population |
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| Shows the size of the slices of the adherent pie as part of the total population of the state. | |
Oregon - Adherents as % of Total Population |
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| Pie chart shows the size of the slices in the adherent pie as a per cent of the total population of the state. | |
Washington - Adherents as % of Total Population |
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| Pie chart shows the size of the slices of the adherent pie as a percent of the total population of the state. | |
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Catholics - as % of All Adherents |
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| Map that shows Catholics as a percentage of all adherents in each county. | |
Catholics - as % of Total Population |
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| Map showing Catholics as percent of total population by county. | |
Lutheran (ELCA) - as % of All Adherents |
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| Map of Lutherans (ELCA) as a percent of all adherents by county. | |
Lutheran (ELCA) - as % of Total Population |
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| Lutherans (ELCA) as a percent of total population by county. | |
Lutheran (ELCA) Congregations - as % of All Congregations |
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| Lutheran (ELCA) Congregations as a percentage of all congregations by county in the region. | |
Mormons - as % of All Adherents |
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| Map that shows Mormons as a percentage of all adherents in each county. | |
Mormons - as % of Total Population |
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| Map showing Mormons as a percent of total population by counties. | |
Region: Counties with Unaffiliated or Uncounted - Adherents as % of total population > 70 AND Total Rural Population as % of total population > 40 |
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| Map showing counties with higher than 70% of the population unaffiliated religiously and over 40% of the population living in rural areas. | |
