Evangelical Epicenters
Representative community:
Nixa, MO ( Learn about this community | Read Nixa, MO blog )
The 564 counties in this group have a relatively high percentage of young families and score fairly high in the proportion of evangelical adherents. Almost 27 million people live here.
Evangelical Epicenters are found mostly in small towns and suburbs. About 46 percent of their residents are younger than 50. With a median income of roughly $37,000 a year, households in these counties are almost even with the national county median. This was President Bush's strongest territory in 2004, giving him more than 64 percent of its votes. It will almost certainly be a GOP stronghold again in 2008.
Evangelical Epicenters and their politics are represented by Nixa, Mo., in Patchwork Nation.
Geographical Distribution
This map shows how weakly or strongly each county correlates
to this community type.
Evanagelical Epicenters
Demographic Information
Total Population: 26,890,282
Percent of U.S. Population: 10%
Median Household Income: $36,955
Employment:
- Professional: 5.5%
- Trades and Services: 30.3%
- Government: 16.8%
- Agriculture: 7.4%
Families in Poverty: 11.4%
Racial Distribution
Age Distribution
