Under Construction.
United States Stats
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Christian
Denomination | Number CUNY 1 | Per- cent | 1995 yrbook 2 |
Roman Catholic | 46,004 | 26.2% | 59,900 |
Protestant | 97,591 | 55.6% | |
All Orthodox | | 1% | 1,900 |
(no denomination supplied) | 8,073 | 4.6% | |
Baptist 3 | 33,964 | 19.4% | 36,400 |
Methodist | 14,116 | 8.0% | 14,200 |
Lutheran | 9,110 | 5.2% | 9,100 |
Presbyterian | 4,985 | 2.8% | 4,300 |
Pentecostal | 3,116 | 1.8% | 10,300 |
Episcopalian/Angelican | 3,042 | 1.7% | 2,500 |
Mormon/LDS | 2,487 | 1.4% | 4,700 |
Church of Christ | 1,769 | 1.0% | 3,700 |
Jehovah Witness | 1,381 | 0.8% | 900 |
Seventh Day Adventist | 668 | 0.4% | 800 |
Assembly of God | 660 | 0.4% | |
Holiness/Holy | 610 | 0.3% | |
Nazarene | 549 | 0.3% | |
Evangelical/Born Again | 446 | 0.3% | |
Church of God | 442 | 0.3% | |
Congregational | 438 | 0.2% | |
Greek Orthodox | 384 | 0.2% | |
Russian Orthodox | 85 | 0.0% | 90 |
Eastern Orthodox | 33 | 0.0% | |
Quaker/Mennonite | 302 | 0.2% | |
Christian Science | 214 | 0.1% | |
Brethren | 206 | 0.1% | |
Disciples of Christ | 144 | 0.1% | |
New Apostolic | 117 | 0.1% | |
Worldwide Church of God | 116 | 0.1% | |
Charismatic | 75 | 0.0% |
Wesleyan | 58 | 0.0% |
Christian Reform | 40 | 0.0% |
Church of God in Christ | 32 | 0.0% |
Fundamentalist | 27 | 0.0% |
Independent Church | 25 | 0.0% |
Four Square Gospel | 24 | 0.0% |
Dutch Reform | 19 | 0.0% |
Covenant | 16 | 0.0% |
Church of America | 11 | 0.0% |
Four Square | 4 | 0.0% |
Open Bible | 4 | 0.0% |
Non-Denominational | 195 | 0.1% |
(Protestant - no denomination supplied) | 17,214 | 9.8% |
Total Christian | 151,668 | 86.5% |
1. National Survey of Religious Identification, 1989-1990; City University of New York
2. 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches see Christian Denominations, Sects and Cults
3. The Baptist church is split between the Southern Baptist Convention (15 Million) and other Baptist groups (19 M).
National Council of Churches (NCC) Membership Statistics
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Non-Christians
Religion | Number | Per- cent |
Jewish | 3,137 | 1.8% |
Muslim/Islamic 1 | 1-7,000 | 0.6% |
Buddhist * | 401 | 0.2% |
Hindu * | 227 | 0.1% |
Bahai | 28 | 0.0% |
Taoist | 23 | 0.0% |
Rastafarian | 14 | 0.0% |
Wiccan | 8 | 0.0% |
Diety | 6 | 0.0% |
Other |
Unitarian | 463 | 0.3% |
Scientology | 45 | 0.0% |
Humanist | 29 | 0.0% |
New Age | 20 | 0.0% |
Eckankar | 18 | 0.0% |
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Other Unclassified | 889 | 0.5% |
None |
Agnostic | 1,186 | 0.7% |
No Religion | 13,116 | 7.5% |
Refused | 4,031 | 2.3% |
1. According to a national poll conducted in 2001, known as the American Religious Identity Survey, approximately 1,104,000 adult Muslims reside in the United States. National Muslim organizations put the total number of all Muslims in the nation at about seven million, based on a survey that determined that two million Muslims regularly attend weekly Friday prayer services.
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In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace | Pew Research Center
Growth:
Note: Statistics vary all over the place because churches use different methods for counting members. We've tried to pick numbers from reliable sources that fall in the normal range.
Source: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 2010
AmericanReligionSurvey-aris.org
The National Council of Churches' 2010 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches
See Also: Only 5 of Top 25 U.S. Churches Report Membership Growth at Crosswalk.com Walden U.
Five Out of Seven Core Religious Behaviors Have Increased from 1996 to 2006 According to Barna Survey
Note: Muslim estimates are unreliable see main page.
(From 2004 election exit polls)
Evangelical/Born Again Christians (23%).
Protestant (54%)
Catholic (27%)
Jewish (3%)
Other (7%)
None (10%)
Church Attendance:
More Than Weekly (16%)
Weekly (26%)
Monthly (14%)
A Few Times a Year (28%)
Never (15%)
According to adherents.com weekly attendance ranges from
30% for Episcopal/Anglican to 71% for Mormans with the average 49%.
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American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) City Univ. of NY 2001
The proportion of the [American] population that can be classified as Christian
has declined from 86% in 1990 to 77% in 2001.
52% Protestant.
25% Roman Catholic.
1.3% Jewish.
0.5% Muslim, followers of Islam.
14% do not follow any organized religion
Median Age in USA
US Population 43 yrs
Catholics 42 yrs
Jews 51
Muselims 28
no religion 36
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Miscellaneous
Collection of statistics about religious groups at www.adherents.com
Comparative Religions - U.S. Religious Landscape Study - Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Religious Giving
last updated 3 June 2009
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