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Islam. The Islamic Center of Washington in the nation's capital is a leading American Islamic Center. Islam is probably the third largest religion in numbers in the United States, after Christianity and Judaism, followed, according to Gallup, by 0.8% of the population in 2016. [ 73] Hinduism and Buddhism follow it closely in numbers (in 2014 ...
In 1900, when the U.S. population was 76 million, there were 66.8 million white Americans in the United States, representing 88% of the total population, [118] 8.8 million Black Americans, with about 90% of them still living in Southern states, [119] and slightly more than 500,000 Hispanics.
Population pyramid by race/ethnicity in 2020. The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [ 1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories ( White, Black, Native American / Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian ...
Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.34%), behind Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.07%). [ 1] The 2020 United States census estimated that 1.34% (or 4,453,908) of the population of the United States are Muslim. [ 2] In 2017, twenty states, mostly in the South and Midwest, reported Islam to be the largest non-Christian ...
A 2013 Harris Poll reported an 8% decline in a belief in God, since a prior 2009 poll. [ 3] According to a 2011 Gallup poll, the state with the greatest percentage of respondents identifying as "very religious" was Mississippi (59%), and the state with the smallest percentage were Vermont and New Hampshire (23%), while Florida (39%) and ...
Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the United States. Estimates from 2021 suggest that of the entire U.S. population (332 million) about 63% is Christian (210 million). [ 1] The majority of Christian Americans are Protestant Christians (140 million; 42%), though there are also significant numbers of American Roman Catholics (70 ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Black Americans are more religious than the U.S. population as a whole. About 97% of adult Black Americans believe in God or a higher power (compared to 90% of American adults generally), 59% consider religion "very important" in their lives, and 54% consider belief in God necessary to be moral and have good values.