Koloa Jodo Mission - Buddhist Temple Since 1910
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The following information on religious groups in USA was originally from the website of census and later rearranged by wikipedia. I have taken together these information to take a look at easily.
The American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS)
|
Religious Group in USA |
1990
(Estimates) |
2001
(Estimates) |
2008 (Estimates)
|
|
Adult population, total |
175,440,000 |
207,983,000 |
228,182,000 |
|
Adult population, Responded |
171,409,000 97.7% |
196,683,000 94.6% |
216,367,000 94.8% |
|
Total Christian |
151,225,000 86.2% |
159,514,000 76.7% |
173,402,000 76.0% |
|
Catholic |
46,004,000 26.2% |
50,873,000 24.5% |
57,199,000 25.1% |
|
non-Catholic Christian |
105,221,000 60.0% |
108,641,000 52.2% |
116,203,000 50.9% |
|
Baptist |
33,964,000 19.4% |
33,820,000 16.3% |
36,148,000 15.8% |
|
Mainline Christian |
32,784,000 18.7% |
35,788,000 17.2% |
29,375,000 12.9% |
|
Methodist |
14,174,000 8.1% |
14,039,000 6.8% |
11,366,000 5.0% |
|
Lutheran |
9,110,000 5.2% |
9,580,000 4.6% |
8,674,000 3.8% |
|
Presbyterian |
4,985,000 2.8% |
5,596,000 2.7% |
4,723,000 2.1% |
|
Episcopal/Anglican |
3,043,000 1.7% |
3,451,000 1.7% |
2,405,000 1.1% |
|
United Church of Christ |
438,000 0.2% |
1,378,000 0.7% |
736,000 0.3% |
|
Christian Generic |
25,980,000 14.8% |
22,546,000 10.8% |
32,441,000 14.2% |
|
Christian Unspecified |
8,073,000 4.6% |
14,190,000 6.8% |
16,384,000 7.2% |
|
Non-denominational Christian |
194,000 0.1% |
2,489,000 1.2% |
8,032,000 3.5% |
|
Protestant – Unspecified |
17,214,000 9.8% |
4,647,000 2.2% |
5,187,000 2.3% |
|
Evangelical/Born Again |
546,000 0.3% |
1,088,000 0.5% |
2,154,000 0.9% |
|
Pentecostal/Charismatic |
5,647,000 3.2% |
7,831,000 3.8% |
7,948,000 3.5% |
|
Pentecostal – Unspecified |
3,116,000 1.8% |
4,407,000 2.1% |
5,416,000 2.4% |
|
Assemblies of God |
617,000 0.4% |
1,105,000 0.5% |
810,000 0.4% |
|
Church of God |
590,000 0.3% |
943,000 0.5% |
663,000 0.3% |
|
Other Protestant Denominations |
4,630,000 2.6% |
5,949,000 2.9% |
7,131,000 3.1% |
|
Churches of Christ |
1,769,000 1.0% |
2,593,000 1.2% |
1,921,000 0.8% |
|
Jehovah's Witness |
1,381,000 0.8% |
1,331,000 0.6% |
1,914,000 0.8% |
|
Seventh-Day Adventist |
668,000 0.4% |
724,000 0.3% |
938,000 0.4% |
|
Mormon/Latter Day Saints |
2,487,000 1.4% |
2,697,000 1.3% |
3,158,000 1.4% |
|
Total non-Christian religions |
5,853,000 3.3% |
7,740,000 3.7% |
8,796,000 3.9% |
|
Jewish |
3,137,000 1.8% |
2,837,000 1.4% |
2,680,000 1.2% |
|
Eastern Religions |
687,000 0.4% |
2,020,000 1.0% |
1,961,000 0.9% |
|
Buddhist |
404,000 0.2% |
1,082,000 0.5% |
1,189,000 0.5% |
|
Hindu |
227,000 0.1%
|
766,000 0.3%
|
582,000 0.2%
|
|
Muslim |
527,000 0.3% |
1,104,000 0.5% |
1,349,000 0.6% |
|
New Religious Movements & Others |
1,296,000 0.7% |
1,770,000 0.9% |
2,804,000 1.2% |
|
None/ No religion, total |
14,331,000 8.2% |
29,481,000 14.2% |
34,169,000 15.0% |
|
Agnostic+Atheist |
1,186,000 0.7% |
1,893,000 0.9% |
3,606,000 1.6% |
|
Did Not Know/ Refused to reply |
4,031,000 2.3% |
11,300,000 5.4% |
11,815,000 5.2% |
According to ARIS, these surveys are based on random-digit-dialing telephone surveys of residential households in the continental USA (48 States); 54,461 interviews in 2008 and 50,281 in 2001, and 113,723 in 1990. Adult respondents were asked the open-ended question. Interviewers did not prompt or offer a suggested list of potential answers.
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