You can also read about what the U.S. religious landscape looked like a decade ago<\/a>, based on our 2014 RLS.<\/p>\n About this research<\/p>\n This Pew Research Center analysis examines what share of U.S. adults identify with various religions, using a hypothetical population of 100 people to make the distribution easier to understand. We also explore how religious affiliation varies by demographic traits such as age and gender.<\/p>\n Why did we do this?<\/p>\n Pew Research Center conducts high-quality research to inform the public, journalists and leaders. Studying religion in the United States is a key part of the Center\u2019s long-standing research.<\/p>\n Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n How did we do this?<\/p>\n This analysis includes findings from a survey of 36,908 U.S. adults who participated in the Center\u2019s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study<\/a> (RLS). The survey was conducted from July 17, 2023-March 4, 2024. The survey\u2019s overall margin of error is plus or minus 0.8 percentage points.<\/p>\n Here are the\u00a0questions<\/a> used for this analysis, the\u00a0topline<\/a>\u00a0and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n Religious affiliation<\/p>\n If the U.S. had 100 people, 62 of them would be Christians. They would include:<\/p>\n Meanwhile, 29 people would be religiously unaffiliated. This group \u2013 sometimes called the religious \u201cnones\u201d \u2013 is made up of people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or \u201cnothing in particular\u201d when it comes to religion.<\/p>\n Seven people would identify with non-Christian religions:<\/p>\n Religious affiliation by age<\/p>\n In our hypothetical town, more Christians would be ages 50 and older (35) than under 50. Eighteen Christians would be in their 30s and 40s, while nine would be between ages 18 and 29.<\/p>\n The age balance would be reversed for religious \u201cnones,\u201d with 20 under age 50 and fewer than 10 ages 50 and older.<\/p>\n Religious affiliation by gender<\/p>\n Among the 100 adults, there would be 34 Christian women and 28 Christian men. Other groups\u2019 gender makeup would be roughly equal. For example, 15 \u201cnones\u201d would be men and 14 would be women.<\/p>\n Religious affiliation by race and ethnicity<\/p>\n Among the 100 people, 25 would be White and Protestant, and 19 would be White and religiously unaffiliated. Seven would be Black and Protestant, including some Black Protestants who identify with evangelical or mainline denominations. Another seven would be Hispanic Catholics.<\/p>\n Religious affiliation by region<\/p>\n If the U.S. had 100 people, there would be about as many Protestants living in the South (20) as in all other parts of the country combined. There would be nine Protestants in the Midwest, seven in the West and five in the Northeast.<\/p>\n The nation\u2019s Catholics would be pretty evenly spread out across the Northeast (5), West (5), South (5) and Midwest (4).<\/p>\n Note: This is an update of a post originally published Nov. 14, 2016. Here are the questions<\/a> used for this analysis, the topline<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of 2023, there were roughly 262 million adults in the United States. 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