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The percentage declined steadily during the first two decades of the 21st century, reaching 47% in 2020. Gallup attributed the decline to increasing numbers of Americans expressing no religious preference. [285] [286] A 2013 Public Religion Research Institute survey reported that 31% of Americans attend religious services at least weekly. [287]
The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA): [62] Note that CIA World Factbook data differs from the data below. For example, the CIA World Factbook says that 99.3% of the population in American Samoa is religious. [63]
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
The Public Religion Research Institute's "2020 Census of American Religion", carried out between 2014 and 2020, showed that 70% of Americans identified as Christian during this seven-year interval. [3] In a 2020 survey by the Pew Research Center, 65% of adults in the United States identified themselves as Christians. [4]
Religious Belief in North America, according to 2010-2012 data. Religion in North America is dominated by various branches of Christianity and spans the period of Native American dwelling, European settlement, and the present day. Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent.
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America – 3.1 million [72] National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. – 3.1 million [72] Baptist Union of Uganda – 2.5 million [72] Baptist Community of Congo – 2.1 million [72] Baptist Convention of Tanzania – 2.0 million [72] Brazilian Baptist Convention – 1.8 million [73]
Truman kept his religious beliefs private and alienated some Baptist leaders by doing so. [97] Dwight D. Eisenhower – Presbyterian [14] Eisenhower's religious upbringing is the subject of some controversy, due to the conversion of his parents to the Bible Student movement, the forerunner of the Jehovah's Witnesses, in the late 1890s
American Muslims are a minority group, largely comprising immigrants and children of immigrants, who have prospered in America's climate of religious tolerance and civil rights. The lessons of our unprecedented experience of acceptance and success must be carefully considered by our community."