Statistical correlations

PeaceByJesus.com ^ | 8/21/2012 | Daniel1212

[daniel1212]

Statistical correlations

This is a compilation of how states rank according to their voting record, faith, beliefs, etc., from polls and records, and their possible relations to each other. Also, demographical map below

More national stats on the spiritual, etc. State of the Union here.

Rankings (1,2,3...) mostly by this author (could have slight errors). Click on the word "rank" to go to the sources. Duplicate percentages = same rank, thus highest rank less than 50. Press F11 key on most browsers for full screen viewing. PDF download here.

Political rank determined by average margins of victory in last 5 elections.

Red states = Republican

Purple = Swing

Blue = Democrat

Rank: according to % Evangelical Protestants by state

(up to 26)

Rank:

according to % of all Protestants

(up to 46)

Rank" according to % of Catholics

(up to 42)

Rank: 10 most liberal

(2004)

Rank:

S. Baptist

10 largest %

1990 (?)

Rank according to Impor-tance of religion

(up to 48)

Rank according to % of Agnostic/

Atheist

(up to 44 )

Rank

according Happ-iness

(See basis)

Rank per median house-hold income

Rank

% of in-come to charity. 2009*

Rank according to education (so-called “smart” score, not wisdom)

Oklahoma 1 (53%)

(6)

4 (75.6%)

36 (9.7%)

 

3

9 (75%)

37 (9.6%)

20

45 ($42,822)

2

36

Arkansas (6)

1 (53%)

3 (78.2%)

39 (7.8%)

 

7

6 (78%)

42 (6.9%)

17

48 ($38,815)

15

32

Tennessee (19)

2 (51%)

3 (78.2%)

40 (7.7%)

 

4

4 (79%

38 (7.7%)

4

43 ($43,614)

11

30

Alabama (9)

3 (49%)

2 (80.2%)

41 (6.7%)

 

2

2 (82%)

43 (6.8%)

9

46 ($42,666)

6

45

Kentucky (15)

3 (49%)

9 (70.2%)

33 (13.6%)

 

5

11 (74%)

33 (10.7%)

35

47 ($41,538)

34

31

Mississippi (11)

4 (47%)

1 (81%)

42 (6.0%)

 

1

1 (85%)

44 (5.8%)

6

50 ($37,790)

13

48

South Carolina (13)

5 (45%)

5 (75.2%)

38 (8.8%)

 

6

3 (80%)

34 (10.7%)

8

40 ($44,625)

7

26

North Carolina (18)

6 (41%)

6 (73.2%)

34 (11%)

 

9

8 (76%)

38 (9.1%)

12

36 ($46,549)

9

23

Georgia (17)

7 (38%)

7 (72.1%)

35 (10.7)

 

8

7 (76%)

35 (9.8%)

19

23 ($50,861)

5

41

Missouri (8)

8 (37%)

11 (63.7%)

27 (17.1%)

 

 

15 (68%)

22 (13.3%)

38

35 ($46,867)

31

22

West Virginia (4)

9 (36%)

8 (71.9%)

38 (8.9%)

 

 

12 (71%)

28 (12.6%)

34

49 ($37,989)

51

37

Texas (10)

10 34%

18 (57.8%)

14 (26.3%)

 

 

11 (74%)

36 (9.7%)

16

27 ($50,043)

30

25

Indiana (16)

10 (34%)

12 (63%)

26 (18.8%)

 

 

19 (68%)

27 (12.6%)

47

32 ($47,966)

33

24

Louisiana (2)

11 (31%)

19 (57%)

7 (33%)

 

 

5 (78%)

40 (7.2%)

1

41 ($43,733)

45

44

Virginia (3)

11 (31%)

10 (67.6%)

32 (13.8%)

 

10

16 (68%)

29 (12.3%)

28

8 ($61,233)

17

6

Oregon (16)

12 (30%)

28 (51.3%)

31 (14.8%)

 

 

45 (53%)

1 (24.6%)

30

26 ($50,169)

20

40

Kansas (7)

13 (29%)

13 (63.3%)

25 (20.1%)

 

 

13 (70%)

31 (11%)

32

25 ($50,177)

16

15

Wyoming (3)

14 (26%)

24 (54%)

31 (14.3%)

 

 

36 (58%)

14 (16.1%)

13

19 ($53,207)

4

19

Montana (14)

14 26%

25 (54.7%)

23 (21.6%)

 

 

40 (56%)

12 (16.6%

7

42 ($43,654)

35

7

Ohio (9)

14 (26%)

17 (60.3%)

24 (21.2%

 

 

25 (65%)

27 (12.7%)

44

31 ($47,988)

42

34

Florida (7)

15 (25%)

25 (53.3%)

18 (24.4%)

 

 

23 (65%)

26 (12.8%)

3

33 ($47,778)

17

29

Washington (13)

15 (25%)

27 (52.1%)

28 (16.9%)

 

 

46 (52%)

3 (21.8%)

36

10 ($58,078)

26

33

New Mexico (18)

15 25%

35 (44.3%)

9 (30.3%)

 

 

21 (66%)

15 (15.7%)

24

44 ($43,508)

43

43

North Dakota (8)

16 24%

14 (61.3%)

12 (27.4%)

 

 

18 (68%)

41 (7.1%)

25

39 ($45,685)

50

21

South Dakota (12)

16 (24%)

15 (60.7%)

24 (20.2%)

 

 

17 (68%)

21 (13.4%)

15

38 ($46,032)

14

17

Wisconsin (19)

16 (24%)

30 (49.3%)

6 (32.2%)

 

 

31 (61%)

21 (13.4%)

29

21 ($52,094)

40

8

Michigan (14)

14 (26%)

22 (54.1%)

19 (24.3%

 

 

29 (64%)

16 (15.4%)

48

30 ($48,591)

25

39

Iowa (20)

16 (24%)

16 (60.6%)

19 (24.3%)

 

 

26 (64%)

32 (10.9%)

31

29 ($48,980)

41

9

Arizona (1)

17 (23%)

33 (46.5%)

17 (24.7%)

 

 

34 (61%)

11 (17.2%)

5

22 ($50,958)

28

50

Colorado (5)

17 (23%)

29 (49.5%)

21 (22.6%)

 

 

37 (57%)

8 (19.2%

21

13 ($56,993)

20

27

Idaho (2)

18 (22%)

34 (45%)

30 (15.1%)

 

 

33 (61%)

13 (16.5%)

14

34 ($47,576)

11

20

Nebraska (4)

19 (21%)

18 (69.9%)

16 (24.9%)

 

 

20 (67%)

35 (9.8%)

33

28 ($49,693)

26

11

Minnesota (15)

19 (21%)

24 (53.9%)

10 (28.9%)

 

 

27 (64%)

30 (11.9%)

26

12 ($57,288)

22

13

Illinois (7)

20 (19%)

30 (48.3%)

8 (31.4%)

 

 

28 (64%)

24 (13%)

45

16 ($56,235)

28

35

Pennsylvania (17)

21 (18%)

23 (54%)

11 (28.7%)

 

 

22 (65%)

32 (10.9%)

41

24 ($50,713)

35

10

California

21 (18%)

38 (39.6%)

7 (31.8%)

1

 

39 (57%)

9 (18.3%)

46

9 ($61,021)

23

47

Delaware (10)

22 (15%)

20 56.5%)

18 (24.4%)

 

 

30 (61%)

20 (13.8%)

22

11 ($57,989)

23

28

Maine (11)

22 (15%)

32 (47.6%)

15 (26.1)

4

 

48 (48%)

23 (13.2)

10

36 ($46,581)

49

5

Maryland (6)

22 (15%)

21 (54.9%)

22 (21.9%)

3

 

24 (65%)

26 (12.8%)

40

1 ($70,545)

8

18

D. of Columbia

22 (15%)

24 (54.1%)

30 (15.1%)

 

 

32 (61%)

10 (18.1%)

37

$57,936.00

3

Nevada (10)

23 (13%)

37 (40.7%)

13 (26.7%)

 

 

43 (54%)

7 (19.4%)

39

15 ($56,361)

38

49

New Jersey (12)

24 (12%)

41 (35.1%)

4 (42.6%)

 

 

35 (60%)

34 (10.5%)

49

2 ($70,378)

38

4

New Hampshire (11)

25(11%)

40 (36.7%)

5 (34%)

 

 

49 (46%)

6 (20.5%)

27

7 $63,731)

44

12

New York (3)

25 (11%)

42 (34.6%)

5 (38.4%)

5

 

41 (56%)

19 (13.9%)

51

17 ($56,033)

10

16

Massachusetts (1)

25 (11%)

44 (28.4%)

2 (46.1%)

2

 

48 (48%)

14 (16.1%)

43

6 ($65,401)

31

2

Vermont (5)

25 (11%)

36 (42.4%)

14 (26.3%)

 

 

51 (42%)

2 (23.6%)

18

20 ($52,104)

46

1

Connecticut (8)

26 (10%)

43 (34%)

3 (42.7%)

6

 

42 (55%)

17 (14.8%)

50

3 ($68,595)

17

3

Rhode Island (2)

26 (10%)

45 (25.5%)

1 (52.5%)

6

 

45 (53%)

18 (14%)

42

18 ($55,701)

48

14

Utah (1)

28 (7%)

46 (13.4%)

37 (9.6%)

 

 

14 (69%)

25 (12.9%)

23

14 ($56,633)

1

38

Hawaii (4)

N/A

39 (37.8%)

20 (22.8%)

 

 

37 (57%)

5 (21%)

2

5 ($67,214)

37

42

Alaska (5)

N/A

22 (54.1%)

29 (15.5%)

 

 

47 (51%)

4 (21:4%)

11

4 ($68,460)

46

46

* A different study which ranks states according to the amount of charitable income given is here.

Notes: Election results list on Wikipedia page now removed. More data here. “Happiness” data derived from two data sets. One included subjective personal reports of happiness, while the other included objective measures, such as state population density, air quality, home prices + other factors known to normally impact quality of life. However, the latter method would not necessarily denote the happiest people. Miscl. data: Massachusetts had the highest percentage of Catholics at 36 percent, New York, Illinois and New Hampshire also had 50 or more Catholic legislators: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/population/religion.html. The Happiness rating: http://www.livescience.com/culture/091217-happy-state-list.html. Of additional interest may be the massive U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: http://religions.pewforum.org/reports. Also Barna Poll on U.S. Religious Belief – 2001 http://www.adherents.com/misc/BarnaPoll.html. PDF download of this page here.

The States (including District of Columbia) with the highest concentrations of homosexual households in the year 2000 (which comprise less than 1% of all households) were	A revised estimate based on the 2010 census ranks the 10 highest concentrations in States (not including District of Columbia, which was was highest at 1.172) as follows	The same table shows the states with the lowest concentrations of homosexual households as follows
1. District of Columbia	1. Rhode Island 0.885	1. Wyoming 0.175
2. New Hampshire	2. Massachusetts 0.829	2. South Dakota 0.181
3. Washington	3. Hawaii 0.779	3. Mississippi 0.258
4. Massachusetts	4. Maine 0.774	4. North Dakota 0.292
5. Maine	5. California 0.726	5. Alaska 0.295
6. California	6. New Mexico 0.701	6. Alabama 0.300
7. Colorado	7. Vermont 0.697	7. Idaho 0.315
8. Vermont	8. Connecticut 0.672	8. South Carolina 0.318
9. New Mexico	9. Arizona 0.649	9. Kansas 0.330
10. Minnesota	10. Washington 0.632	10. Arkansas 0.360

See web page version for most common religious affiliations in the 48 contiguous U.S. States (from Wikipedia), based on the American Religious Identification Survey;

[daniel1212]

I thought this chart of comparison of states regarding various aspects would be of interest now, though I was not sure what category to post it under. But as this one includes politics and culture then it is fitting.

[daniel1212]

Ping for those who might like stats.

[Reverend Wright]

great link ! thanks for posting !

the list of happiest and most unhappy states is just fascinating... although anyone who listens to Rush would know who was who

I think Rush understands better than anyone the unhappiness and depression that are at the core of liberalism

[mountn man]

19 red states
20 blue states

Income ranking average
RED= 33.26
BLUE=17.0

Charity to giving ranking
RED= 18.52
BLUE=30.5

Happiness ranking average
RED= 18.36
BLUE=34.10

[daniel1212]

Have not checked them out, but what i see is that the read states seem to be highest in per capita giving on my chart (using a 2009 page no longer available): Utah (1) Oklahoma (2) Wyoming (4) Georgia (5) Alabama (6) South Carolina (7) North Carolina (9)), and red states are the 9 highest in giving on http://philanthropy.com/article/Sharing-the-Wealth-How-the/133605/

[daniel1212]

The happy rank is actually rather inconsistent i think. And as noted, “Happiness” data is derived from two data sets. One included subjective personal reports of happiness, while the other included objective measures, such as state population density, air quality, home prices + other factors known to normally impact quality of life. However, the latter method would not necessarily denote the happiest people.

[Reeses]

population density

High population density is strongly correlated with leftism. People living in closer quarters experience more envy so are drawn into the politics of envy. Cities are Democrat factories, the suburbs and beyond Republican. Democrats hate the suburbs, which are still in their visual range, and want to restrict them to reduce their painful feelings of envy.