# A majority feel emotionally attached to their home state

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/a-majority-feel-emotionally-attached-to-their-home-state/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Most Americans feel rooted where they live: 56% agree they are emotionally attached to their home state, including 22% who strongly agree, according to a September 2025 Verasight survey.

About a quarter (23%) neither agree nor disagree, while 20% disagree, including 9% who strongly disagree.

## Topline

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?: "I feel emotionally attached to the state where I live."

A majority feel emotionally attached to their home state.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Somewhat agree: 34.7%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 23.3%
- Strongly agree: 21.7%
- Somewhat disagree: 10.8%
- Strongly disagree: 9.5%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-09-22 → 2025-09-29
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#emotional-attachment-to-state-of-residence](https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#emotional-attachment-to-state-of-residence)

## Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119, fielded September 22-29, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#emotional-attachment-to-state-of-residence](https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#emotional-attachment-to-state-of-residence)