US Census Division | Share of trusters (percentage) | n |
New England* | 46.75 | 1183 |
Middle Atlantic† | 37.67 | 3401 |
South Atlantic‡ | 32.51 | 4804 |
East North Central§ | 41.02 | 4620 |
East South Central¶ | 27.03 | 1728 |
West North Central** | 48.52 | 1923 |
West South Central†† | 28.85 | 2399 |
Mountain‡‡ | 44.33 | 1737 |
Pacific§§ | 40.37 | 3475 |
The US Census Division units comprise the following US states:
*New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont .
†Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
‡South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
§East North Central: Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
¶East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.
**West North Central: Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Missouri.
††West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
‡‡Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.
§§Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington,
Data source: GSS–NDI (1978–2010). n=25 270.
NDI, National Death Index; GSS, General Social Survey.