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This table shows data that reflect birth rates and religiousness throughout the United States. "Birth rate" is the state’s national ranking by rate of teen births according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and "religiousness" is the state’s national ranking based on responses to a survey of religious beliefs taken by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Asterisks indicate that no data are available.

State	Birth rate	Religiousness
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
Mississippi	1	1
New Mexico	2	22
Texas	3	12
Arkansas	4	7
Arizona	5	33
Oklahoma	6	10
Nevada	7	34
Tennessee	8	4
Kentucky	9	9
Georgia	10	11
Louisiana	11	5
Alabama	12	2
South Carolina	13	3
North Carolina	14	8
District of Columbia	15	100000*
Wyoming	16	100000*
Missouri	17	16
Florida	18	23
West Virginia	19	13
Alaska	20	46
Colorado	21	41
Indiana	22	17
Kansas	23	15
Delaware	24	27
Hawaii	25	18
South Dakota	26	21
Ohio	27	26
California	28	37
Montana	29	20
Illinois	30	31
Idaho	31	14
Oregon	32	38
Virginia	33	19
Utah	34	6
Michigan	35	29
Maryland	36	25
Nebraska	37	24
Washington	38	35
Iowa	39	32
Pennsylvania	40	28
Wisconsin	41	40
Minnesota	42	36
Rhode Island	43	43
North Dakota	44	30
Maine	45	47
New York	46	42
New Jersey	47	39
Connecticut	48	44
Massachusetts	49	45
Vermont	50	49
New Hampshire	51	48

[Retired Greyhound]

Minority communities in MS and NM may explain some of it.

[pgyanke]

Judging by the top 10 alone, I would assume that the “undocumented” play a role in these numbers...