According to Barna Group data collected between 2005 and 2021, about three in 10 USA adults reads the Bible at least once a week.
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City data taken from Barna’s annual tracking research reveals the top-ranked city for Bible-reading—Monroe, Louisiana—roughly doubles the national percentage of participation, with 64% of the city’s residents saying they read the Bible at least weekly. Other markets that report regular Bible-reading are in close proximity.
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Following is the list of city markets in which half the population and above say they regularly read the Bible:
- Monroe, Louisiana (64%)
- Montgomery, Alabama (61%)
- Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoche, Texas (59%)
- Jackson, Mississippi (58%)
- Macon, Georgia (58%)
- Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina / Asheville, North Carolina (57%)
- Shreveport, Louisiana (57%)
- Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa, Alabama (56%)
- Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas (55%)
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (55%)
- Tallahassee, Florida (55%)
- Augusta, GA / Aiken, South Carolina (55%)
- Knoxville, Tennessee (53%)
- Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, Alabama (53%)
- Savannah, Georgia (53%)
- Springfield, Missouri (52%)
- Memphis, Tennessee (51%)
- Columbia, South Carolina (50%)
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (50%)
- Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas (50%)
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