When it comes to religiousness, Wisconsin and its neighboring states are pretty average.

Those five states are in the middle of the national rankings of states whose residents say they are very religious. The national average is 41 percent, according to a Gallup Poll, and Wisconsin is at 38 percent.

Iowa has 43 percent of its population saying they are very religious, with Minnesota at 42 percent, Michigan at 41 percent and Illinois at 39 percent.

Gallup uses very religious to describe Americans who say religion is an important part of their daily lives and attend services at least almost every week.

Mississippi and Vermont are the extremes, at 61 percent and 22 percent, respectively.

In Wisconsin, 32 percent say they are moderately religious, defined as those for whom say religion is important in their daily lives but do not regularly attend services, or those who say religion is not important but still regularly attend services.

Another 31 percent in Wisconsin say they are nonreligious.