Editing New Hampshire (section)

===Religion===
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| caption = Religion in New Hampshire according to ''[[Public Religion Research Institute|PRRI American Values Atlas]]'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2021/States/religion/m/US-NH | title=PRRI – American Values Atlas | access-date=March 4, 2023 | archive-date=April 4, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2021/States/religion/m/US-NH | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| label1 = [[Irreligion in the United States|Unaffiliated]] 
| value1 = 40
| color1 = White
| label2 = [[Catholicism in the United States|Catholicism]]
| value2 = 30
| color2 = Purple
| label3 = [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]
| value3 = 23
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| label4 = [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]/[[Universalist Church of America|Universalist]]
| value4 = 2
| color4 = Crimson
| label5 = [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
| value5 = 1
| color5 = Orange
| label6 = [[Judaism in the United States|Judaism]]
| value6 = 2
| color6 = Lightblue
| label7 = Other
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A Pew survey in 2014 showed that the religious affiliations of the people of New Hampshire was as follows: [[nonreligious]] 36%, [[Protestantism|Protestant]] 30%, [[Catholicism in the United States|Catholic]] 26%, Jehovah's Witness 2%, [[Latter-day Saint|LDS]] ([[Mormon]]) 1%, and Jewish 1%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/new-hampshire/|title=Adults in New Hampshire|date=May 11, 2015|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925141536/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/new-hampshire/|archive-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

A survey suggests people in New Hampshire and Vermont{{NoteTag|Which were polled jointly}} are less likely than other Americans to attend weekly services and only 54% say they are "absolutely certain there is a God" compared to 71% in the rest of the nation.{{NoteTag|86% in Alabama and South Carolina}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Mike |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11268.html |title=Pew survey finds believers flexible |publisher=Politico |date=June 23, 2008 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918233651/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11268.html |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> New Hampshire and Vermont are also at the lowest levels among states in religious commitment. In 2012, 23% of New Hampshire residents in a Gallup poll considered themselves "very religious", while 52% considered themselves "non-religious".<ref>{{cite news
 |title = Mississippi Is the Most Religious U.S. State
 |author = Frank Newport
 |publisher = Gallup
 |date = March 27, 2012
|url = http://www.gallup.com/poll/153479/Mississippi-Religious-State.aspx
 |access-date = March 28, 2012
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120328201315/http://www.gallup.com/poll/153479/mississippi-religious-state.aspx
 |archive-date = March 28, 2012
|url-status = live
 }}</ref> According to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] (ARDA) in 2010, the largest denominations were the [[Catholic Church]] with 311,028 members; the [[United Church of Christ]] with 26,321 members; and the [[United Methodist Church]] with 18,029 members.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/33/rcms2010_33_state_adh_2010.asp |title=State Membership Report - New Hampshire - Religious Traditions, 2010 |publisher=The Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date=November 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224845/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/33/rcms2010_33_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2016, a Gallup Poll found that New Hampshire was the least religious state in the United States. Only 20% of respondents in New Hampshire categorized themselves as "very religious", while the nationwide average was 40%.<ref name=LeastGallup>{{Cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/189038/new-hampshire-least-religious-state.aspx |first1=Frank |last1=Newport |title=New Hampshire Now Least Religious State in U.S.|date=February 4, 2016|website=Gallup|access-date=November 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106003110/https://news.gallup.com/poll/189038/new-hampshire-least-religious-state.aspx|archive-date=November 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the 2020 [[Public Religion Research Institute]] study, 64% of the population was Christian, dominated by Roman Catholicism and [[Evangelicalism|evangelical Protestantism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-NH |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=ava.prri.org |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-NH |url-status=dead }}</ref> In contrast with varying studies of estimated irreligiosity, the Public Religion Research Institute reported that irreligion declined from 36% at the separate 2014 Pew survey to 25% of the population in 2020. In 2021, the unaffiliated increased to 40% of the population, although Christianity altogether made up 54% of the total population (Catholics, Protestants, and Jehovah's Witnesses).