Religious Landscape Study

The RLS, conducted in 2007, 2014, and 2023-24 surveys more than 35,000 Americans from all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices, and social and political views. About this study.

Geography

U.S. religious groups

Get data on the beliefs, attitudes and demographic traits of religious groups.

Evangelical Protestant
23.1%
- Methodist family (evangelical trad.)
  0.3%
  - Other Methodist (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Nondenominational family (evangelical trad.)
  6.0%
  - Nondenominational fundamentalist
    0.5%
  - Nondenominational charismatic
    0.7%
  - Nondenominational Christian (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
  - Interdenominational (evangelical trad.)
    0.8%
  - Community Church (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
  - Other Nondenominational (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Lutheran family (evangelical trad.)
  1.2%
  - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    < 0.3%
  - Other Lutheran (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Presbyterian family (evangelical trad.)
  0.7%
  - Other Presbyterian (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Pentecostal family (evangelical trad.)
  2.9%
  - Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
    0.4%
  - Foursquare Church
    < 0.3%
  - Pentecostal Church of God
    < 0.3%
  - Pentecostal Holiness Church
    < 0.3%
  - Calvary Chapel
    < 0.3%
  - Apostolic Pentecostal (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
  - Nondenominational Pentecostal (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
  - Church of God of the Apostolic Faith
    < 0.3%
  - United Pentecostal Church International
    < 0.3%
  - Other Pentecostal (evangelical trad.)
    1.1%
- Episcopalian/Anglican family (evangelical trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Restorationist family (evangelical trad.)
  1.1%
  - Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
    < 0.3%
  - Other Restorationist (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Congregationalist family (evangelical trad.)
  < 0.3%
  - Other Congregationalist (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Holiness family (evangelical trad.)
  0.5%
  - Wesleyan Church
    < 0.3%
  - Free Methodist Church
    < 0.3%
  - Christian and Missionary Alliance
    < 0.3%
  - Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
    < 0.3%
  - Other Holiness (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Reformed family (evangelical trad.)
  < 0.3%
  - Other Reformed (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Adventist family (evangelical trad.)
  0.3%
  - Other Adventist (evangelical trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Anabaptist family (evangelical trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Pietist family (evangelical trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Friends family (evangelical trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Other evangelical/fundamentalist family (evangelical trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Nonspecific Protestant family (evangelical trad.)
  1.7%
Mainline Protestant
11.5%
- Methodist family (mainline trad.)
  2.8%
  - Other Methodist (mainline trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Nondenominational family (mainline trad.)
  0.9%
  - Other Nondenominational (mainline trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Lutheran family (mainline trad.)
  1.7%
  - Other Lutheran (mainline trad.)
    0.3%
- Presbyterian family (mainline trad.)
  1.0%
  - Other Presbyterian (mainline trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Episcopalian/Anglican family (mainline trad.)
  1.1%
  - Anglican Church
    < 0.3%
  - Other Episcopalian/Anglican (mainline trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Restorationist family (mainline trad.)
  < 0.3%
  - Other Restorationist (mainline trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Congregationalist family (mainline trad.)
  0.5%
  - Other Congregationalist (mainline trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Reformed family (mainline trad.)
  < 0.3%
  - Other Reformed (mainline trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Anabaptist family (mainline trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Friends family (mainline trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Nonspecific Protestant family (mainline trad.)
  1.8%
Historically Black Protestant
5.4%
- Methodist family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
  0.4%
  - African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
    < 0.3%
  - Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
    < 0.3%
  - Other Methodist (historically Black Protestant trad.)
    < 0.3%
- Pentecostal family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
  1.1%
  - Apostolic Pentecostal (historically Black Protestant trad.)
    < 0.3%
  - Other Pentecostal (historically Black Protestant trad.)
    0.3%
- Holiness family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Nondenominational family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
  < 0.3%
- Nonspecific Protestant family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
  0.7%
Catholic
18.9%
Latter-day Saint (Mormon)
1.5%
Orthodox Christian
0.7%
Jehovah’s Witness
0.4%
Other Christian
0.6%
- Others in the “Other Christian” Tradition
  < 0.3%

Religious Landscape Study

Religious Landscape Study

Geography

U.S. religious groups

Contents

Demographics

Beliefs & practices

Religious Landscape Study

Geography

U.S. religious groups

Contents

Demographics

Beliefs & practices

Social & political views