How many Atheists in TN?

Answer 1

Tennessee is in the American Bible Belt and "coming out" as an atheist can be hazardous to a persons social standing, work prospects and health. As a consequence the Demographics may be skewed towards self identifying as a Christian. Data available indicates over 80% of the citizens are Christians, 3% non-Christian religions and 9% atheists and non-believers. As an example of why atheists might not make their position known, there are no admitted atheists in the Government as Tennessee as its contitutuin disqualifies all athiests from holding "civil office".

The existence of a number of blogs and Facebook pages for Tennessee atheist groups indicates an active movement of atheists, more than would be expected from the data.