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→World Religion Statistics
21. Scientology: 600 thousand
21. Scientology: 600 thousand
22. Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand
22. Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand
Top Twenty Religions in the United States, 2001
(self-identification, ARIS)
Religion 1990 Est.
Adult Pop. 2001 Est.
Adult Pop. % of U.S. Pop.,
2000 % Change
1990 - 2000
Christianity 151,225,000 159,030,000 76.5% +5%
Nonreligious/Secular 13,116,000 27,539,000 13.2% +110%
Judaism 3,137,000 2,831,000 1.3% -10%
Islam 527,000 1,104,000 0.5% +109%
Buddhism 401,000 1,082,000 0.5% +170%
Agnostic* 1,186,000 991,000 0.5% -16%
Atheist* 902,000 0.4%
Hinduism 227,000 766,000 0.4% +237%
Unitarian Universalist 502,000 629,000 0.3% +25%
Wiccan/Pagan/Druid 307,000 0.1%
Spiritualist 116,000
Native American Religion 47,000 103,000 +119%
Baha'i 28,000 84,000 +200%
New Age 20,000 68,000 +240%
Sikhism 13,000 57,000 +338%
Scientology 45,000 55,000 +22%
Humanist 29,000 49,000 +69%
Deity (Deist) 6,000 49,000 +717%
Taoist 23,000 40,000 +74%
Eckankar 18,000 26,000 +44%
* many atheists/ agnostics undoubtably respond with 'non-religious/ secular' due to the stigma of 'atheism'
source
Collection of polls showing population of Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists and Non-Religious
Poll
Date
Group
Adherents
%
total pop.
Source
The Universal Almanac 1990
Atheist
9.9%
210,500,000
Universal Alminac+
Non-Religious
16.9%
805,900,000
Breakdown of world religions 1989
Nonbelievers
21.6%
1,100,000,000
Catholic News Service and Encyclopedia Britannica+
Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents 2001
Secular/Nonreligious/
Agnostic/Atheist
*
850,000,000
Adherents.com
United Kingdom Gallup - Telegraph 1999 UK 16-25 age-group Atheist/ Agnostic
40%
*
Gallup - Telegraph
Major religious denominations, Canada 2001 Canada No Religion
16.2%
4,796,325
Major religious denominations, Canada, 1991 1 and 2001
U.S. Religious Affiliation, self-identification,
2002
Atheist
1%
*
Pew Research Council
Agnostic
2%
*
Top Twenty Religions in the United States, (self-identification)
2001
Nonreligious/Secular
13.2%
27,539,000
ARIS
Atheist
0.4%
902,000
Agnostic
0.5%
991,000
Non-Christian Religious Adherents in the United States
2000
Atheist
0.3%
925,000
Britannica Book+
Non-Religious
8.8%
24,554,000
Atheist Prison Population
Canadian Prisons
1925
Ca. prisoners Atheist/ Agnostic, non-religious Uniterain
0%
0 of 1,2061
Steiner and Swancara
Prison Population executed for murder at Sing-sing
1925
US Sing-Sing Pen. non-religious
0.33%
*
"The New Criminology," Max D. Schlapp and Edward E. Smith
Prison Population
1925
US Prisoners convicts without
religious training
0.1%
*
"The New Criminology," Max D. Schlapp and Edward E. Smith
Prison Population
1997
U.S. Prisoners
Atheist
0.209%
156 of 74,731
Federal Bureau of Prisons +
Other Groups
National Academy of Sciences 1998 members of the National Academy of Sciences Personal disbelief in god
72.2%
517 members, half responded
Nature
doubt or agnosticism
20.8%
Religious Affiliation US voters
2000
U.S. Voters
Agnostic or Atheist
7.1%
*
Harris poll
Nonreligious/No answer
10%
*
What religious or nonreligious group doesn’t share your vision of American society 2003
Atheist
(Muslims were second)
54%
*
American Mosaic Project
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