Statistics of the Month - April
What religions do Americans identify with?Through open ended questions posed during random telephone polls in 1990 and 2001 of 50,281 citizens within the continental United States, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans identified themselves as adhering to the following religions:
Religious group 1990 2001 Total adult population 175,440 207,980 Total Christian 151,496 159,506 Catholic 46,004 50,873 Baptist 33,964 33,830 Protestant—no denomination supplied 17,214 4,647 Methodist/Wesleyan 14,174 14,150 Lutheran 9,110 9,580 Christian—no denomination supplied 8,073 14,150 Presbyterian 4,985 5,596 Pentecostal/Charismatic 3,191 4,407 Episcopalian/Anglican 3,042 3,451 Mormon/Latter-Day Saints 2,487 2,787 Churches of Christ 1,769 2,593 Jehovah's Witness 1,381 1,331 Seventh-Day Adventist 668 724 Assemblies of God 660 1,106 Holiness/Holy 610 569 Congregational/United Church of Christ. 599 1,378 Church of the Nazarene 549 544 Church of God 531 944 Orthodox (Eastern) 502 645 Evangelical 242 1,032 Mennonite 235 346 Christian Science 214 358 Born Again 204 56 Non denominational 195 2,489 Disciples of Christ 144 492 Reformed/Dutch Reform 161 289 Apostolic/New Apostolic 117 254 Quaker 67 217 Full Gospel 51 168 Christian Reform 40 79 Foursquare Gospel 28 70 Fundamentalist 27 61 Salvation Army 27 25 Independent Christian Church 25 71 Total other religions 5,853 7,740 Jewish 3,137 2,831 Muslim/Islamic 527 1,104 Buddhist 401 1,082 Unitarian/Universalist 502 629 Hindu 227 766 NativeAmerican 47 103 Scientologist 45 55 Bahí'I 28 84 Taoist 23 40 NewAge 20 68 Eckankar 18 26 Rastafarian 14 11 Sikh 13 57 Wiccan 81 34 Deity 6 49 Druid (NA) 33 Santeria (NA) 22 Pagan (NA) 140 Spiritualist (NA) 116 Ethical Culture (NA) 4 Other unclassified 837 386 Total of no religion specified 14,331 29,481 Atheist (NA) 902 Agnostic 1,1869 91 Humanist 29 49 Secular (NA) 53 Noreligion 13,116 27,486 Refused to reply to question 4,031 11,246 Source: February 27, 2008 "Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult Population: 1990 and 2001." http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/population/religion.html
Disclaimer: Although we try to use the most credible sources, we are not responsible for any incorrect findings.
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