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Christianity in the U.S. - statistics & facts

Published by Erin Duffin, Sep 30, 2022

Christianity has been in the United States since before the U.S. was established as a country. Christianity was established in the early colonial period when settlers from Europe brought Christianity along with them. Many settlers, such as the Pilgrims, settled in the United States in order to escape persecution of their particular denomination of Christianity in Europe. 

STATISTICS ON THE TOPIC

• Overview
• Church infrastructure
• Church finance

SHARE OF AMERICANS WHO IDENTIFY AS PROTESTANT 

35%

• Self-described religious identification of Americans 1948-2021
• Religious identification of adult population in the U.S. 2021

• Largest U.S. Christian denominations 2010, by number of adherents
• Largest U.S. Christian denominations 2010, by number of congregations
• Largest Evangelical and Conserative Protestant churches in the U.S. 2010, by adherents
• Largest American Evangelical/Conserative Protestant churches 2010, by congregations
• Largest Mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. 2010, by adherents
• Largest Mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. 2010, by congregations
• Number of religious adherents in the U.S. 2010, by state
• Percentage of religious population in the U.S. 2010, by state
• Number of religious congregations in the U.S. 2010, by state
• Number of active religious groups in the U.S. 2010, by state
• Number of religious adherents in the U.S. 2010, by metropolitan area
• Ranking of religious groups 2010, by U.S. county penetration rate
• Number of ordained clergy serving U.S. religious parishes 2009, by church
• Religious change in members among major religious groups in the U.S. 2012

• Sources of U.S. congregational income in 2008, by faith tradition
• Sources of U.S. congregational income in 2008, by church size
• Percentage of U.S. church income from individual donations in 2008, by faith tradition
• Median donation per worshipper of U.S. churches in 2008, by faith tradition
• Median donation per worshipper of U.S. churches in 2008, by church size 
• Giving levels across U.S. congregations in 2008, by faith tradition