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    Interesting Demographic Information

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    This table lists some major demographic groupings in the United States. Race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and other factors are factors in personal and group identity. This table is unusual in that it presents a merged list of these factors. This more accurately reflects actual American society, in which most people belong to more than one group. All individuals can be classified into multiple groupings below. This list is not comprehensive. Please write to suggest additional groups.

    GroupNumberPercent of
    U.S. population
    Total 284,800,000 100.0%
    English-at-home speakers 245,497,600 86.2%
    Christian 217,872,000 76.5%
    White 211,460,626 75.1 %
    Protestant 150,944,000 53 %
    Female 145,532,800 51.1%
    Male 139,267,200 48.9%
    "born-again" or "evangelical" 125,312,000 44 %
    Republican 90,950,000 33 %
    Democrat 85,440,000 31 %
    Catholic 69,776,000 24.5 %
    Non-English speakers 38,087,127 13.8%
    Nonreligious 37,593,600 13.2%
    Hispanic/Latino 35,305,818 12.5%
    Black 34,658,190 12.3%
    Baptist 34,176,000 12 %
    Evangelical (theologically) 22,049,360 8.0%
    Methodist 19,366,400 6.8%
    Spanish speakers 20,744,986 7.5%
    Southern Baptist 15,800,000 5.6%
    Lutheran 13,100,800 4.6%
    vegetarian 12,000,000 4.2%
    Asian 10,242,998 3.6%
    United Methodist Church 8,251,042 2.9%
    Presbyterian 7,689,600 2.7%
    Multiracial 6,826,228 2.4%
    Pentecostal 5,980,800 2.1%
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) 5,503,192 1.93%
    Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 5,038,066 1.8%
    Episcopalian 4,841,600 1.7%
    GLBT (gay, lesbian or ########) 4,300,000 1.51%
    Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 3,595,259 1.3%
    Judaism 3,702,400 1.3%
    Eastern Orthodox 2,756,170 1 %
    Assemblies of God 2,575,000 0.93%
    Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod 2,512,714 0.9%
    Native American 2,475,956 0.9%
    Buddhist 2,400,000 0.87%
    Episcopal Church 2,333,628 0.82%
    French speakers 2,308,795 0.8%
    gay men 2,000,000 0.70%
    Non-denominational 2,000,000 0.7%
    prison population 2,000,000 0.7%
    German speakers 1,851,418 0.7%
    Megachurch attendance 1,800,000 0.64%
    Jehovah's Witnesses 1,708,800 0.6%
    Chinese speakers 1,578,099 0.6%
    Italian speakers 1,565,165 0.6%
    Mennonite Church USA 1,525,000 0.55%
    Churches of Christ (non-instrumental / Corsicana, TX) 1,500,000 0.53%
    American Baptist Church in the U.S.A. 1,484,291 0.52%
    African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1,430,795 0.50%
    Muslim 1,424,000 0.5%
    agnostic 1,424,000 0.5%
    ######## 1,400,000 0.49%
    United Church of Christ 1,330,985 0.47%
    Baptist Bible Fellowship International 2 1,200,000 0.42%
    atheists 1,139,200 0.4%
    Tagolog speakers 1,008,542 0.4%
    Independent Christian Church, Churches of Christ
    (instrumental / Joplin, MO)
    1,071,616 0.39%
    Hindu 1,000,000 0.36%
    Church of God (Cleveland, TN) 944,857 0.33%
    Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 910,000 0.33%
    lesbians 900,000 0.32%
    Polish speakers 865,298 0.3%
    Unitarian Universalist 854,400 0.3%
    Seventh-day Adventists 809,000 0.29%
    Neo-pagan (incl. Wiccans) 768,400 0.28%
    Korean speakers 749,278 0.3%
    Church of the Nazarene 608,000 0.11%
    Vietnamese speakers 606,463 0.2%
    Portuguese speakers 515,017 0.2%
    Japanese speakers 511,485 0.2%
    Pacific Islander 398,835 0.1%
    Reformed Church in America (RCA) 304,000 0.11%
    Libertarian party members 200,000 0.07%
    Baha'i 142,000 0.05%
    Native American Religionist 103,000 0.04%

    Interesting figures from the Demographics blog… this information is from the US Census Bureau among others…

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    1. dan ohlerking on Thu, November 03, 2005

      i find it interesting that if you take away all the churches and religions and denominations, so many of the listings toward the bottom are the ones we hear about the most.  it seems like the lower they are on the list, the louder their voice.

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