If you live here in Connecticut, you are among the least religious people in the country, at least, according to a new Gallup poll.
The poll found only 31 percent of Connecticut residents describe themselves as “very religious.”
All six New England states made the top-10 list of least religious and Vermont residents are the least religious in the country -- 58 percent said they are nonreligious.
There no need to be discouraged about the religious state of the country, according to Gallup.
“American remains a generally religious nation, with more than two-thirds of the nation’s residents classified as very or moderately religious,” according to Gallup.
Political beliefs also tend to influence how religious a state is.
The most religious states in the country are the most Republican, and the least religious states tend to be more Democratic.
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The most religious states is Mississippi, followed by Utah.
