21 PEW RESEARCH CENTER Summary Table: Religious Composition of U.S. Adults % of U.S. adult pop. 2007 2014 % of U.S. adult pop. 2007 2014 % of U.S. adult pop. 2007 2014 Evangelical Protestant churches 26.3 25.4 Mainline Protestant churches 18.1 14.7 Catholic 23.9 20.8 Baptist in the evangelical tradition 10.8 9.2 Baptist in the mainline tradition 1.9 2.1 Southern Baptist Convention 6.7 5.3 American Baptist Churches USA 1.2 1.5 Mormon 1.7 1.6 Independent Baptist in the evangelical tradition 2.5 2.5 Other Baptist in the mainline tradition 0.7 0.6 Conservative Baptist Association of America <0.3 <0.3 Methodist in the mainline tradition 5.4 3.9 Jehovah’s Witness 0.7 0.8 Free Will Baptist <0.3 <0.3 United Methodist Church 5.1 3.6 General Association of Regular <0.3 <0.3 Other Methodist in the mainline tradition 0.4 0.3 Orthodox Christian 0.6 0.5 Missionary Baptist in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Nondenominational in the mainline tradition 0.9 1.0 Greek Orthodox <0.3 <0.3 Other Baptist in the evangelical tradition 1.1 1.0 Interdenominational in the mainline tradition 0.3 0.3 Russian Orthodox <0.3 <0.3 Methodist in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Other nondenominational in the mainline tradition 0.6 0.7 Orthodox Church in America <0.3 <0.3 Nondenominational in the evangelical tradition 3.4 4.9 Lutheran in the mainline tradition 2.8 2.1 Other Orthodox Christian <0.3 <0.3 Nondenominational evangelical 1.2 2.0 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) 2.0 1.4 Nondenominational charismatic 0.5 0.6 Other Lutheran in the mainline tradition 0.9 0.7 Other Christian 0.3 0.4 Interdenominational in the evangelical tradition 0.5 0.6 Presbyterian in the mainline tradition 1.9 1.4 Metaphysical <0.3 <0.3 Nondenominational fundamentalist 0.3 0.3 Presbyterian Church USA 1.1 0.9 Spiritualist <0.3 <0.3 Community Church in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Other Presbyterian in the mainline tradition 0.7 0.5 Unity Church <0.3 <0.3 “Nondenominational Christian” in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Episcopalian/Anglican in the mainline tradition 1.4 1.2 Other Metaphysical <0.3 <0.3 Other nondenominational in the evangelical tradition 0.8 1.2 Episcopal Church 1.0 0.9 Other in the “other Christian” tradition <0.3 <0.3 Lutheran in the evangelical tradition 1.8 1.5 Anglican Church (Church of England) 0.3 <0.3 Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod 1.4 1.1 Other Episcopalian/Anglican in the mainline tradition <0.3 <0.3 Jewish 1.7 1.9 Lutheran Church-Wisconsin <0.3 <0.3 Restorationist in the mainline tradition 0.4 0.3 Other Lutheran in the evangelical tradition <0.3 0.3 Disciples of Christ 0.3 <0.3 Buddhist 0.7 0.7 Presbyterian in the evangelical tradition 0.8 0.8 Other Restorationist in the mainline tradition <0.3 <0.3 Presbyterian Church in America 0.4 0.4 Congregationalist in the mainline tradition 0.7 0.5 Muslim 0.4 0.9 Other Presbyterian in the evangelical tradition 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 Pentecostal in the evangelical tradition 3.4 3.6 Other Congregationalist in the mainline tradition <0.3 <0.3 Hindu 0.4 0.7 Assemblies of God 1.4 1.4 Reformed in the mainline tradition <0.3 <0.3 Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) 0.4 0.4 Reformed Church in America <0.3 <0.3 Other world religions <0.3 0.3 Apostolic Pentecostal in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Other Reformed in the mainline tradition <0.3 <0.3 Calvary Chapel <0.3 <0.3 Anabaptist in the mainline tradition <0.3 <0.3 Other faiths 1.2 1.5 Church of God of the Apostolic Faith <0.3 <0.3 Friends in the mainline tradition <0.3 <0.3 Unitarians and other liberal faiths 0.7 1.0 Foursquare Church <0.3 <0.3 Other/Protestant non-specific in the mainline tradition 2.5 1.9 Unitarian (Universalist) 0.3 0.3 Nondenominational Pentecostal in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Spiritual but not religious <0.3 0.3 Pentecostal Church of God <0.3 <0.3 Historically black churches 6.9 6.5 Deist <0.3 <0.3 Pentecostal Holiness Church <0.3 <0.3 Baptist in the historically black Protestant tradition 4.4 4.0 Humanist <0.3 <0.3 Other Pentecostal in the evangelical tradition 0.9 1.1 National Baptist Convention 1.8 1.4 Bit of everything, “own beliefs” <0.3 <0.3 Episcopalian/Anglican in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Progressive Baptist Convention 0.3 0.3 Other liberal faith groups <0.3 <0.3 Restorationist in the evangelical tradition 1.7 1.6 Independent Baptist in historically black Prot. tradition 0.5 <0.3 New Age 0.4 0.4 Churches of Christ 1.5 1.5 Missionary Baptist in historically black Prot. tradition <0.3 0.3 Pagan/Wiccan 0.3 0.3 Christian Churches and <0.3 <0.3 Other Baptist in the historically black Prot. tradition 1.8 1.8 Other New Age <0.3 <0.3 Other Restorationist in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Methodist in the historically black Protestant tradition 0.6 0.5 Native American Religions <0.3 <0.3 Congregationalist in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 African Methodist Episcopal 0.4 0.3 Conservative Congregational Christian Conference <0.3 <0.3 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church <0.3 <0.3 Unaffiliated 16.1 22.8 Other Congregationalist in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Christian Methodist Episcopal Church <0.3 <0.3 Atheist 1.6 3.1 Holiness in the evangelical tradition 1.0 0.7 Other Methodist in the historically black Prot. tradition <0.3 <0.3 Agnostic 2.4 4.0 Church of the Nazarene 0.3 0.3 Nondenominational in the historically black Prot. tradition <0.3 0.3 Nothing in particular 12.1 15.8 Free Methodist Church 0.3 <0.3 Pentecostal in the historically black Protestant tradition 0.9 1.0 Christian and Missionary Alliance <0.3 <0.3 Church of God in Christ 0.6 0.6 Don’t know/refused 0.8 0.6 Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) <0.3 <0.3 Apostolic Pentecostal in the historically black Prot. tradition <0.3 <0.3 Wesleyan Church <0.3 <0.3 United Pentecostal Church International <0.3 <0.3 Other Holiness in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Other Pentecostal in the historically black Prot. tradition <0.3 0.3 Reformed in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Holiness in the historically black Prot. tradition <0.3 <0.3 Christian Reformed Church <0.3 <0.3 Protestant non-specific in the historically black Prot. tradition 0.5 0.4 Other Reformed in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Adventist in the evangelical tradition 0.5 0.6 Seventh-day Adventist 0.4 0.5 Other Adventist group in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Anabaptist in the evangelical tradition <0.3 0.3 Pietist in the evangelical tradition <0.3 <0.3 Other evangelical/fundamentalist 0.3 0.3 Protestant non-specific in the evangelical tradition 1.9 1.5