In anticipation of registering for classes, I've been doing some exploratory research into some possible capstone topics. I came across this handy dandy flash map produced by USA Today using data collected from the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey.  

According the the survey's findings, 8% of people in Washingtion, DC consider themselves "pentecostal/charismatic". 8%? After clicking around a bit, I discovered 8% is more than any state. More than the 2% in Kansas despite its close proximity to the International House of Prayer, more than the 3% in Missouri even with the  Assemblies of God's Mecca, more than the 3% in Florida where the Lakeland revival controversy occurred, more than the 4% in Ohio in the aftermath of the Catholic renewal, more than the 1% in California where the mega churches have popped up. According to this survey, DC would have a higher concentration of charismatic crazy people than any state, and double the national percentile collected by the PEW forum that indicates that roughly 4% of Americans self identify as pentecostal/charismatic. 

I came to DC to find the center of politics, but apparently I found the center of Pentecostalism as well... or at least that is the portrait that statistics paint. Numerical fallacies or a legitimate surge of charismatic faith in the nation's capitol?