 |
Religious Affiliation in the United States
(2000)
| Major Faiths |
2000 adherents
|
Percent of pop.
|
1990 adherents
|
Percent change
|
| American Baptist |
1,767,462
|
0.6%
|
1,873,731
|
-5.7%
|
| Assemblies of God |
2,561,998
|
0.9%
|
2,161,610
|
18.5%
|
| Catholic |
62,035,042
|
22.0%
|
53,385,998
|
16.2%
|
| Mormon |
4,224,026
|
1.5%
|
3,540,820
|
19.3%
|
| Episcopal |
2,314,756
|
0.8%
|
2,445,286
|
-5.3%
|
| ELCA |
5,113,418
|
1.8%
|
5,226,798
|
-2.2%
|
| Jewish (estimate) |
6,141,325
|
2.2%
|
5,982,529
|
2.7%
|
| Lutheran--Missouri Synod |
2,521,062
|
0.9%
|
2,603,725
|
-3.2%
|
| Muslim (estimate) |
1,559,294
|
0.6%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Presbyterian Church USA |
3,141,566
|
1.1%
|
3,553,335
|
-11.6%
|
| Southern Baptist |
19,881,467
|
7.1%
|
18,940,682
|
5.0%
|
| United Methodist |
10,350,629
|
3.7%
|
11,091,032
|
-6.7%
|
| Total adherents |
141,371,963
|
50.2%
|
137,064,509
|
3.1%
|
* Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Source: The
Washington Post, "Evangelicals Help Pace U.S. Growth in
Church Attendance" by David Cho.
|
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