WILLisms.com: Trivia Tidbit Of The Day: Part 317 -- Religion Maps.

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Trivia Tidbit Of The Day: Part 317 -- Religion Maps.

Neato-

You really have to go check out some of the most neato and interesting maps I have seen in a long time, and I am a map connoisseur, so that's saying something.

Percentage of people who are religious (in an organized way):

Which religious denominations dominate which regions:

Then you can break it down into specific denominations.

Methodist:

Catholic:

And much. much more, including Baptist, Lutheran, Jewish, Pentecostal, Mormon, Presbyterian, Church of Christ, Muslim, Unitarian, and so on.

Seriously, go check the larger versions out. Neat stuff. Incidentally, you can tell a lot about a religion or denomination by cross-referencing religion, race, age, geography, party strength locally, income, and so on, but that's for a future post.

Hat tip on this one to Marginal Revolution.

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Posted by Will Franklin · 24 April 2006 05:43 PM

Comments

Way cool...!

Posted by: Zsa Zsa at April 24, 2006 06:55 PM

Wow! The Catholic and Baptist really cover the map.

Posted by: Zsa Zsa at April 24, 2006 07:26 PM

These maps are so cool. I keep having to take another look...

Posted by: Zsa Zsa at April 25, 2006 05:59 AM

I am super surprised by what it shows about Southern Ohio. Seriously-everyone here claims to be Catholic, but yet it doesn't show that at all on the map, and it doesn't even show this area as a strong religious area at all! Interesting considering the STRONG conservative nature of this area in general. Cool post.

Posted by: fantasy fan at April 25, 2006 01:51 PM