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From: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/affiliation.html

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%

See Also:

http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html 

http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo200/religion.html

http://www.religioustolerance.org/us rel3.htm 

http://www.teachingaboutreligion.org/Demographics/map_demographics.htm

 

 

 

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