Christianity in the United States

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Christianity is the predominant religion in the United States, although estimates vary among sources. According to a 2024 Gallup survey, approximately 69% of the U.S. population—about 235 million out of 340 million people—identify as Christian. A plurality of Americans identify as Protestant (45%), followed by Catholics (22%). Smaller Christian groups include members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1.5%), Eastern Orthodox Christians (0.5%), and other Christian denominations (0.4%). The United States currently has the largest Christian population in the world, comprising nearly 235 million Christians. However, while the U.S. leads in absolute numbers, several other nations have a greater proportion of their populations identifying as Christian. The United States has the largest Protestant population globally, numbering more than 150 million adherents of different Protestant denominations, and is also the world's fourth-largest country with the highest number of Catholic...

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