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Vital Statistics: Religious Affiliation in the United States

(June 2016)

Major Faiths
Percent of pop. 2015
Christian
70.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant
25.4%
  • Mainline Protestant
14.7%
  • Historically Black Protestant
6.5%
  • Catholic
0.8%
  • Mormon
1.8%
  • Orthodox Christian
2.2%
  • Jehova's Witnesses
0.9%
Non-Christian Faiths
5.9%
  • Jewish
1.9%
  • Muslim
.9%
  • Budhist
.7%
  • Hindu
.7%
Other World Religions
.3%
Other Faiths
1.5%
Unaffiliated ("None's")
22.8%
  • Atheist
3.1%
  • Agnostic
4%
Nothing in Particular
15.8%

Source: PEW Research Center, Religious Landscape Study 2015