Yazata
Valued Senior Member
Pew has released new poll results on Americans' religious affiliation. There have been some interesting changes since Pew's last poll on the subject in 2007.
http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/
70.6% of Americans identify themselves as some variety of Christian. (Down from 78.4%)
46.5% are Protestants
25.4 % are Evangelicals
14.7% are 'mainline' Protestants
6.5% are historically black Protestant denominations
20.8% are Roman Catholics
0.5% are Orthodox Catholics
1.6% are Mormons
5.9% identify with non-Christian religions (Up from 4.7%)
1.9% are religiously Jewish (the number of ethnic Jews is somewhat higher)
0.9% are Muslim
0.7% are Buddhist
0.7% are Hindu
0.3% are 'other world religion' (this includes groups like Sikhs, Taoists and Jains)
1.5% are 'other faiths' (this includes the Unitarians, 'New Age', Native American religions etc.)
22.8% are 'Unaffiliated' (up from 16.1%) This equated to 55.8 million American adults.
3.1% are atheists (up from 1.6%)
4.0% are agnostics (up from 2.4%)
15.8% are 'nothing in particular' (up from 12.1%)
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39% of Americans report themselves as being in religiously mixed-marriages. Many of these involve one of the 'unaffiliated's.
24% of whites, 20% of Hispanics and 18% of blacks are unaffiliated
Among college graduates, 64% have Christian affiliations, and 24% are nones.
Among those without university degrees, 73% have Christian affiliations and 22% are nones.
Perhaps the most unexpected disparity (to me, anyway) was between the sexes.
27% of American males have no religious affiliation, while only 19% of females are 'nones'.
It's interesting to compare these numbers with the numbers recently reported for the UK. See this thread:
http://sciforums.com/threads/religion-in-the-uk.145771/
http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/
70.6% of Americans identify themselves as some variety of Christian. (Down from 78.4%)
46.5% are Protestants
25.4 % are Evangelicals
14.7% are 'mainline' Protestants
6.5% are historically black Protestant denominations
20.8% are Roman Catholics
0.5% are Orthodox Catholics
1.6% are Mormons
5.9% identify with non-Christian religions (Up from 4.7%)
1.9% are religiously Jewish (the number of ethnic Jews is somewhat higher)
0.9% are Muslim
0.7% are Buddhist
0.7% are Hindu
0.3% are 'other world religion' (this includes groups like Sikhs, Taoists and Jains)
1.5% are 'other faiths' (this includes the Unitarians, 'New Age', Native American religions etc.)
22.8% are 'Unaffiliated' (up from 16.1%) This equated to 55.8 million American adults.
3.1% are atheists (up from 1.6%)
4.0% are agnostics (up from 2.4%)
15.8% are 'nothing in particular' (up from 12.1%)
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39% of Americans report themselves as being in religiously mixed-marriages. Many of these involve one of the 'unaffiliated's.
24% of whites, 20% of Hispanics and 18% of blacks are unaffiliated
Among college graduates, 64% have Christian affiliations, and 24% are nones.
Among those without university degrees, 73% have Christian affiliations and 22% are nones.
Perhaps the most unexpected disparity (to me, anyway) was between the sexes.
27% of American males have no religious affiliation, while only 19% of females are 'nones'.
It's interesting to compare these numbers with the numbers recently reported for the UK. See this thread:
http://sciforums.com/threads/religion-in-the-uk.145771/
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