Of the 226.2 million American adults:
Total Christian* |
75.8% |
Evangelical Protestant |
26.3% |
Roman Catholic |
23.9% |
Mainline Protestant |
18.1% |
Nothing in Particular |
12.1% |
Historically Black Churches |
6.9% |
Agnostic |
2.4% |
Jewish |
1.7% |
Mormon |
1.7% |
Atheist |
1.6% |
Other Faiths (Muslim, Wiccan, etc.) |
1.2% |
Jehovah’s Witness |
0.7% |
Orthodox Christian |
0.6% |
Metaphysical (Spiritualist, etc.) |
0.3% |
Don’t know/refused |
0.8% |
* Note: Mormons and those belonging to the Jehovah’s Witness, who are generally considered non-traditional spinoffs from Christianity, were not counted here by MOVIEGUIDE®.
– Source: Pew Research Center, 2008.