RLS 2023 Archive

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1. Illinois

2. South Carolina

3. New Mexico

4. Ohio

4. Mississippi

6. Washington

7. Arkansas

8. Florida

9. Maryland

10. Pennsylvania

11. Utah

12. Tennessee

13. Delaware

14. Kansas

15. Rhode Island

16. Hawaii

17. North Dakota

17. Arizona

19. Idaho

20. Montana

21. Maine

22. Alabama

23. South Dakota

24. Minnesota

25. Wisconsin

25. Georgia

27. Missouri

27. Louisiana

29. Connecticut

30. Oklahoma

31. Massachusetts

32. Nevada

33. Oregon

33. Iowa

35. Virginia

35. North Carolina

37. New Jersey

38. Indiana

39. Kentucky

40. Michigan

41. Colorado

42. Texas

43. Wyoming

44. Nebraska

45. Alaska

46. New York

47. Vermont

48. California

49. New Hampshire

50. West Virginia

Executive Summary

Religious Liberty in the States

A brief overview (pdf) of the changes to RLS in its second year including the new safeguards measured and the resulting scores and rankings of the 50 states in 2023.

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Full Report

Religious Liberty in the States

The report (PDF) includes an executive summary, overview, tables and rankings, discussion of methodology, and all 50 state scorecards.

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Dataset

Religious Liberty in the States

This dataset (.xlsx) contains the data used to construct the index and rankings.

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Note: Researchers and other users of RLS data are strongly encouraged to use the most updated version of our dataset available for download, rather than relying on archived data. Annual data updates are longitudinal, that is, they maintain assessments of past years’ statutory laws within the scope of RLS along with current data. Using the most recent data publication will give researchers access to any adjustment made in light of updating by legal citators and errata.