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Depending on where you live, faith might play a larger or lesser role in the community. A new report ranks the U.S. states that care the most about religion, and the ones where it’s less important.

Religion has declined across every part of the United States over the long term, but new data shows the Midwest has seen some of the sharpest drops in religious affiliation in the past five years.