Most popular religion in the United States (2025)
Religion is a big part of American culture and values. But which religion is practiced more? Christianity remains the most dominant religion in the country with 69.7% of the population while the non-christian religious population stands at 7% with the unaffiliated population at 23.3%.
Here is a ranking of the most popular religion in the United States of America. The source for ranking is the American Values Atlas published by the PRRI.
Religion | overall % | West % | South% | Midwest % | Northeast % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christianity | 69.7 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 67 |
…Protestant | 45.6 | 36 | 53 | 50 | 39 |
…Catholic | 21.8 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 26 |
…Mormon | 1.3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
…Jehovah’s Witness | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
…Orthodox Christian | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unaffiliated | 23.3 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
Judaism | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Islam | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Buddhist | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hindu | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Note: 0 does not necessarily mean non-existence, it means the % is negligible and is rounded to 0.