Hello Telarium,
As of 2004, the distribution for major religions in the United States
was as follows:
?Protestant (52 percent), Roman Catholic (24 percent), "none" (10
percent), Mormon (2 percent), Jewish (1 percent), Muslim (1 percent,)
and between 0.3 and 0.5 percent each for Buddhist, Hindu and Unitarian
Universalist. An additional 0.3 to 0.5 percent, each, are professed
agnostics and atheists. The largest single religious denomination in
the United States is the Roman Catholic Church, followed by the
Southern Baptist Convention and the Mormons.?
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/United_States
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Distribution of religious affiliation in the USA, 2000
Christians: 159 million
Non-Christian: 13.4 million
Jews: 5.6 million (about 2% of total US population - half of what it
was 50 yrs. ago)
Muslims: 4.1 million (less than 1%)
Buddhists: 2.5 million (less than 1%)
Hindus: 1.0 million (less than 1%)
Sikhs: 0.2 million
Fairfield University
http://www.fairfield.edu/x3714.html
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Census Data:
From the 2004-2005 Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Table 67: Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult
Population:1990 and 2001,
Numbers in thousands.
Download here: See page 55
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/pop.pdf
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From Adherents.com:
?The United States has a greater number of religious groups than any
other country in the world, and Adherents.com has literally thousands
of adherent statistics for the U.S. The following links will take you
to tables with summary lists of the largest religious groups in the
United States.?
Top Twenty Religions in the United States, 2001
http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions
Largest denominational families in U.S., 2001
http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#families
Top Ten Largest Religious Bodies in the United States
http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#bodies
Source:
Adherent Statistics and Religious Geography Citations
website: http://www.adherents.com
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As of 2001the distribution for major religions in the United States
was estimated as follows:
?Protestant (52%), Roman Catholic (24%), no religious faith (14%,
including atheists and agnostics), Jewish (1.5%), Muslim (0.5%) ,
Buddhist (0.5%), Hindu (0.4%) and Unitarian Universalist (0.3%). The
largest single religious denomination in the United States is the
Roman Catholic Church, followed by Baptist, Methodist and Lutheran
churches. Counted together, Christians numbered 77 percent of the
population.?
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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RELIGIOUS GROUPINGS
Full U.S. Report
http://216.122.145.46/RCMS/2000/USReport2000.html
Source: ARDA
http://www.thearda.com/
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Search criteria:
Major religions in the United States
Adherents.com
Census Bureau
I hope this is helpful.
Best Regards,
Bobbie7 |
