Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance statistics

[In percent. Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 years old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated. Data are subject to sampling variability, see source]


										CHURCH/SYNAGOGUE MEMBERS
		RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE						Persons
YEAR							Church/	attending	AGE AND REGION
							synagogue	church/		1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1999
	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other		None	members	synagogue ¹

													---
1975	62	27	2	4		6	71	41
1980	61	28	2	2		7	69	40	18-29 years old	57	60	64	59	61	61	57	63	68
1985	57	28	2	4		9	71	42	30-49 years old	63	67	68	68	65	65	64	66	64
1990	56	25	2	6		11	65	40	50 years and over	74	76	78	77	77	(NA)	72	73	(NA)
1991	56	25	2	6		11	68	42	50-64 years old	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	74	69	71	72
1992	56	26	2	7		9	69	40	65 years and over	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	80	76	75	82
1993	57	26	1	8	²	8	68	40
1994	60	24	2	6	²	8	68	42	East ³	65	69	73	69	68	69	66	70	67
1995	58	25	2	(NA)		(NA)	69	43	Midwest ⁴	70	66	74	72	72	72	66	73	72
1996	58	25	3	5	²	9	65	38	South ⁵	70	76	74	76	75	77	72	73	75
1997	58	26	2	6	²	8	67	40	West ⁶	54	54	57	55	55	53	53	51	60
1998	59	27	2	5	²	7	70	40
1999	55	28	2	6	²	8	70	43

NA Not available.
1 Persons who attended a church or synagogue in the last 7 days.
2 Includes those respondents who did not designate.
3 ME, NH, RI, NY, CT, VT, MA, NJ, PA, WV, DE, MD, and DC.
4 OH, IN, IL, MI, MN, WI, IA, ND, SD, KS, NE, and MO.
5 KY, TN, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TX, AR, OK, and LA.
6 AZ, NM, CO, NV, MT, ID, WY, UT, CA, WA, OR, AK, and HI.

Source: Princeton Religion Research Center, Princeton, NJ, Religion in America, annual. Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/indicators/index.asp

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/75_religious_preference_church_membership_and_attendance.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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