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The majority of Christian Americans are Protestant Christians (140 million; 42%), though there are also significant numbers of American Roman Catholics (70 million; 21%) and other Christian denominations such as Latter Day Saints, Eastern Orthodox Christians and Oriental Orthodox Christians, and Jehovah's Witnesses (about 13 million in total; 4%).
According to the latest studies conducted by Pew Research Center, roughly 70 percent of today's U.S. population identifies as one Christian denomination or another. While every Christian...
In comparison to Democrats, Republicans were found less likely to be religiously unaffiliated, more likely to believe in God, and more likely to be Protestant, with 56 percent of Republicans...
- Factors Behind The Changes in Americans’ Religious Identification
- About The 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study
- Acknowledgments
- Roadmap to The Report
One of the most important factors in the declining share of Christians and the growth of the “nones” is generational replacement. As the Millennial generation enters adulthood, its members display much lower levels of religious affiliation, including less connection with Christian churches, than older generations. Fully 36% of young Millennials (th...
This is the first report on findings from the 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, the centerpiece of which is a nationally representative telephone survey of 35,071 adults. This is the second time the Pew Research Center has conducted a Religious Landscape Study. The first was conducted in 2007, also with a telephone survey of more than 35,000 Ame...
Many individuals from the Pew Research Center contributed to this report. Alan Cooperman, director of religion research, oversaw the effort and served as the primary editor. Gregory Smith, associate director for religion research, served as the primary researcher and wrote the Overview and Methodology. Smith also wrote the chapter on the changing r...
The remainder of this report explores in greater depth many of the key findings summarized in this Overview. Chapter 1 offers a detailed look at the religious composition of the United States and how it has changed in recent years. Chapter 2 examines patterns in religious switching and intermarriage. Chapter 3 provides a demographic profile of the ...
Mar 22, 2023 · Churches of Christ: 1.6 million members. Pentecostal Assemblies of the World: 1.5 million members. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: 1.4 million members. If you wanted to consider Catholicism a denomination, it would become the largest, with roughly 51 million adherents.
Hartford Institute estimates there are roughly 350,000 religious congregations in the United States. This estimate relies on the RCMS 2010 religious congregations census. Of those, about 314,000 are Protestant and other Christian churches, and 24,000 are Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Wondering how the different Christian denominations came to exist? This article provides an overview on the main denominations and their distinctives.
