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Other estimates suggest that 48.5% of the U.S. population (or 157 million people) is Protestant. [2] Simultaneously, this corresponds to around 20% of the world's total Protestant population. The U.S. contains the largest Protestant population of any country in the world.
Jul 8, 2021 · A majority (55%) of multiracial Americans are Christian. More than four in ten (41%) identify as Protestant (including 23% who are evangelical and 18% who are non-evangelical), while 11% are Catholic, 1% are Latter-day Saint, and 1% are Orthodox Christians.
Explore religious groups in the U.S. by tradition, family and denomination. Christian 70.6%. Evangelical Protestant 25.4%. Baptist Family (Evangelical Trad.) 9.2%. Southern Baptist Convention 5.3%. Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) 2.5%. Missionary Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) < 0.3%. Conservative Baptist Association of America.
May 12, 2015 · Evangelicals now make up a clear majority (55%) of all U.S. Protestants. In 2007, 51% of U.S. Protestants identified with evangelical churches. While the overall Christian share of the population has dropped in recent years, the number of Americans who do not identify with any religion has soared.
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Feb 24, 2023 · The white Christian portion of the U.S. adult population includes 14% who are white evangelical Protestant, 14% who are white mainline (non-evangelical) Protestant, 13% who are white Catholic, and small proportions of white Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Orthodox Christians.
Dec 14, 2021 · Self-identified Christians make up 63% of U.S. population in 2021, down from 75% a decade ago. A parishioner sits in a pew at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Denver in 2016. (John Leyba/The Denver Post/Getty Images) How we did this. Note: For the latest data on religious “nones” in the U.S., read our 2024 report.
All Protestant denominations accounted for 48.5% of the population, making Protestantism the most prevalent form of Christianity in the country and the majority religion in general in the United States, while the Catholic Church by itself, at 22.7% of the population, is the largest individual denomination if Protestantism is divided into various...
