Religious Map Of Usa

Maps based upon this data are available for download.

Religious map of usa. Historically the united states has always been marked by religious pluralism and diversity. In an effort to better match the asarb standards for adherents a few religious bodies changed the way their adherents were reported in 2010 including amish groups the catholic church friends groups jewish groups the church of jesus christ of latter day saints non denominational christian churches and the united methodist church. Utah the midwest and parts of the south reign supreme. Last year for the first time ever protestants lost their majority status in an annual survey conducted by the public religion research institute.

The formerly communist states of east germany and czechoslovakia now czech republic and slovakia are clearly visible on the map as the areas with no religion. Low a 2013 survey reported that 31 americans attend religious services at least weekly. Evangelicals dominate the most areas geographically. Religions of north america.

The other religions beliefs that make up society within the us are as follows. A map shows the dominant religion in each of the united states counties. Two things to note about europe. Various religious faiths have flourished within the united states.

The most religious region of the united states is american samoa 99 3 religious. Caheidelberger august 17 2009 at 5 37 pm. Catholics are the majority faith in densely populated areas. Very high south africa.

How relatively few jews there are in. Religion in the united states is diverse with christianity being the majority religion. Interesting how relatively many jews there are in vegas. What are chopped liver.

Religious maps of the united states orthodox and muslim distribution of us population. How relatively few jews in south dakota. Gallup measure of religiosity by country in 2009. Unaffiliated 22 8 catholic 20 8 jewish 1 9 other non christian 1 8 mormon 1 6 jehovah s witness 8 buddhist 7 hindu 7 eastern orthodox christian 5 and other christian 4.

It was conducted by the public religion research institute with a. Second despite right wing fear mongering muslims do not form a majority in any area of western europe. A majority of americans report that religion plays a very important role in their lives a proportion unique among developed countries. This map made from rcms data shows the counties where religious participation per capita adherents divided by population was highest.

This article will talk about the reason behind such a varied religious composition why protestant christians hold the majority percentage and why such a large percentage of the population identifies. Steve august 17 2009 at 10 42 am.