In order to determine the religious classification of the people and their geographic distribution, a recent study was carried out in the united states of America.
 
The Pew Research Center's study, called the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), emphasizes America's religious nature. The unique study provides information on America's demographics, including age groupings, population distribution, and religious affiliation. Here is all the information you require regarding the survey and its representation of the U.S. population by religion.

The Pew Research Center's largest study is the Religious Landscape Study (RLS). Since no such religion-based data is gathered by the US census, the study's goal is to give statistics regarding the number of US religious groupings.
 
Christian population In the United States
 
The fact that 62% of Americans are still Christians is one of the Religious Landscape Study's (RLS) most talked-about findings. Notably, the number of Christians in the US is declining; since 2014, it has decreased by 9 percentage points. Furthermore, there is a significant 16-point drop in the population when compared to the 2007 population.

Muslim population In United States
 
Regarding the Muslim community in the US, the study found that, most significantly, 42% of Muslims are between the ages of 30 and 49, and that adult Muslims comprise 1% of the US population overall. Finally, according to the RLS survey, 1 percent of adults in the US identify as Hindu.
 
Religious Landscape Study
 
78% of American people identified as Christians in some way, according to the first RLS, which was conducted in 2007. In our smaller surveys every year, that number decreased gradually, and in the second RLS, which was carried out in 2014, it was estimated to be 71%.
 
According to the most recent RLS, which was conducted over a seven-month period in 2023–2024, 62% of American adults identify as Christians. That represents a 16-point loss since 2007 and a 9-point drop since 2014. However, the percentage of adults who identify as Christian has remained largely constant throughout the past five years, from 2019 to 2024, ranging from 60% to 64%. According to the Pew Research Center's official website, the latest Religious Landscape Study's 62% percentage falls just in the middle of that recent range.
 
 

 
 
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04/03/2025 08:56 AM