62%
of U.S. adults identify as Christian
The Christian share includes Protestants, Catholics, and other Christian traditions.
Pew Research Center, 2025Reference page
Christianity in America: 12 Current Statistics
A clear look at religious identity in the United States, using Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study.
Last updated August 26, 2026
At a glance
Numbers worth keeping in view.
Christianity remains the largest religious identity in the United States, even as the country’s religious picture has shifted across generations and communities. These figures put the big picture, and the details behind it, in one place.
Every statistic below comes from the same nationally representative study. Each one links directly to the original source so writers, students, and readers can follow the data for themselves.
The statistics
40%
of U.S. adults identify as Protestant
Protestants remain the largest single Christian grouping in the study.
Pew Research Center, 202519%
of U.S. adults identify as Catholic
Catholics are the second-largest Christian group in the survey.
Pew Research Center, 20253%
identify with another Christian tradition
This category includes groups outside the Protestant and Catholic classifications.
Pew Research Center, 202529%
of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated
The unaffiliated group includes atheists, agnostics, and people who identify as nothing in particular.
Pew Research Center, 202519%
identify religiously as nothing in particular
This is the largest group within the religiously unaffiliated population.
Pew Research Center, 20255%
of U.S. adults identify as atheist
Atheists are part of the religiously unaffiliated population.
Pew Research Center, 20256%
of U.S. adults identify as agnostic
Agnostics are also included within the religiously unaffiliated population.
Pew Research Center, 20257%
belong to religions other than Christianity
The study includes Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and other religious identities in this total.
Pew Research Center, 202535%
have changed religions since childhood
The study describes this as religious switching, a major force in the country’s changing religious makeup.
Pew Research Center, 202558%
of U.S. immigrants identify as Christian
The remaining foreign-born population includes religiously unaffiliated adults and people of other faiths.
Pew Research Center, 202582%
of self-described conservatives identify as Christian
Pew also reports that 37% of self-described liberals identify as Christian.
Pew Research Center, 2025Sources and method
One study, clearly named.
All twelve figures on this page are drawn from Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study, published February 26, 2025. The study surveyed 36,908 U.S. adults and reports rounded percentages, so small totals may not add to exactly 100%.
Read Pew Research Center’s executive summary of the study.
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Holy1776. Christianity in America: 12 Current Statistics. Updated August 26, 2026. https://holy1776.com/christianity-in-america-statistics
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