It is hard to figure out the exact religious make-up of the
The available maps include plurality religious group by county, religious attendance, and many more. Go see for yourself all the wonderful maps and ponder things like Baptist domination of the south and yet nothing else, the Dutch stranglehold on Northwest Iowa, and who just exactly are those Quakers of upper Alaska.
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That is a really interesting map. I could look at it for quite a while.
From a quick scan, that map seems to argue that the Appalachian counties are markedly less religious than the vast majority of the urban counties. I'm guessing that there's some sort of bias against small denominations or unaffiliated denominations, because there are peculiar pale streaks through what ought to be the heart of the bible belt.
The Appalachian do seem that way in parts. Tennessee and the Carolinas' counties in Appalachia seem to be faithful yet other states are lacking. It could be bias.
However, I always thought of the Bible belt as the Deep South states which seem really faithful.
As for the urban areas remember that there are more minorities which (I believe if I can remember correct) are more faithful than the average cultural WASP. Blacks and Hispanics tend to live in the cities and I from personal experience know tend to be more faithful.
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