Mississippi, Utah and Alabama topped the most-religious list, each with more than 55 percent of "very religious" residents. Vermont was ranked as the least religious state in the nation, at 19 percent.Lauren Anderson Youngblood, spokeswoman for the D.C.-based Secular Coalition for America, said the nation is growing less religious overall and suggested the levels of religious adherence in the District might be related to education. "All of the statistics do indicate that atheists and agnostics are in general higher-educated," she said. "We know that D.C. specifically is one of the most educated cities in the country, so I'm not sure if that directly correlates, but it seems like a good place to start."
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