Of course they (we) are still a plurality in the vast majority of those states, but the interactions between race, religion, and other demographic groups continues to grow more complex and less something you can just assume. Which I think should be a good thing.
White Christians Are No Longer The Majority In 19 States
White Christians, long understood to be the primary shapers of American politics and culture, are rapidly losing their majority status across the country — even in traditionally conservative states.
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+Dave Hill I felt this one was a bit of a reach, even for +Think Progress. Selecting a sub-group of a larger group doesn't really tell us anything meaningful.
I think it's a worthwhile factoid, +Gerard McGarry. There is a common image of America as White and Protestant. This is an indicator that is increasingly no longer the case. Given that there are differing social and political behaviors by different ethnic and religious groups (Hispanic Christians, for example, behave in aggregate differently, politically, than White Christians or Black Christians), that shift strikes me as significant.
Shame they didn't package it as a breakthrough for diversity though. Written this way, it appears to be a threat to the old order, and you know that's ample fuel for right wing fearmongers.