Tom Carpenter's Blog

I noticed, today, that CNBC.com was listing the 10 unhappiest states. A few days ago, I noticed they listed the most religious states. Interestingly, when I compared these, 3 of the unhappiest states were in the list of the top 10 least religious states. None of the top ten most religious states were in the list of the 10 unhappiest states. Is there a connection? Don't know, but I sure found it interesting. Particularly since the 10 most religious states that are not among the 10 unhappiest states have similar unemployment rates (with the obvious exceptions of Michigan and California) and much lower median income rates with matching sales tax rates. It doesn't appear that wealth has much to do with happiness, but religion just may. Curious.