Index
back to Nonreligious, South Africa
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonreligious | South Africa | - | 11.00% | - | - | 1999 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to a 1999 Gallup International Poll, nearly 11% of South Africans chose 'none' as their religion. " [Source: Gallup, George and Michael Lindsay. 1999. Surveying the Religious Landscape. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing] |
| Nonreligious | South Carolina | - | 3.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Nonreligious | South Carolina | - | 7.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "No religion " |
| Nonreligious | South Dakota | - | 2.50% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Nonreligious | South Dakota | - | 8.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "No religion " |
| Nonreligious | Spain | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Nonreligious | Spain | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 40,060,000 |
| Nonreligious | Sudan | 369,056 | 1.10% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Statistics - Republic of Sudan " in SIM NOW, April 1999 (vol. #86); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "Population: 33,550,552... Religion: 70% Sunni Muslim, 19% Christian, 9.9% traditional religions, 1.1% non-religious " |
| Nonreligious | Sweden | - | 35.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 8,326,000 |
| Nonreligious | Switzerland | 600,958 | 8.30% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 7,240,463 (1997 est.). Roman Catholic 46.7%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, no religion 8.3% (1990). |
| Nonreligious | Switzerland | - | 7.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 6,552,000 |
| Nonreligious | Syria | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1993 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Johnstone (1993), less than 2% of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, and Kuwait are nonreligious. " [Source: Johnstone, Patrick. 1993. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House] |
| Nonreligious | Taiwan | - | 24.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Nonreligious | Tajikistan | - | 13.00% | - | - | 1993 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Johnstone (1993)... 13% of Tajikstan, are nonreligious. " [Source: Johnstone, Patrick. 1993. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House] |
| Nonreligious | Tennessee | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Nonreligious | Tennessee | - | 9.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "No religion " |
| Nonreligious | Texas | - | 4.90% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Nonreligious | Texas | - | 11.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "No religion " |
| Nonreligious | Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth | 226,200 | 5.80% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 112. | Table 3-6: "Religious Profiles of Selected Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 3.9 million. [In table, this group is called "Agnostic & Nonreligious "] |
| Nonreligious | Texas: Houston | 199,800 | 5.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 112. | Table 3-6: "Religious Profiles of Selected Metropolitan Areas ". Based on self-identification, phone interviews, conducted by Graduate School of the City University of New York, 1990. Total area pop: 3.7 million. [In table, this group is called "Agnostic & Nonreligious "] |
| Nonreligious | Tonga | 61 | 0.06% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* "Tonga's Census of Church Members Released " (March 12, 1998 - PACNEWS); posted on Tonga history newsgroup web page: "Re: % of Christians in Tongan population " (viewed 22 May 1999). | "Of a total population of approximately 97,000... according to the kingdom's latest census of churchgoers.... Tongan government statistics department... The census report shows that 61 Tongans declared no religion. " |
| Nonreligious | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Nonreligious | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1993 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Johnstone (1993), 9% of those in Trinidad and Tobago, and 3% of Jamaicans are nonreligious. " [Source: Johnstone, Patrick. 1993. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House] |
| Nonreligious | Turkey | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2002 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Inglehart et al (2004) and the 1999 Gallup International Poll, less than 1-2% of those in Turkey are nonreligious. " [Sources: Inglehart, Ronald, Miguel Basanez, Jaime Diez-Medrano, Loek Halman, and Ruud Luijkx. 2004. Human Beliefs and Values: A Cross-Cultural Sourcebook Based on the 1999-2002 Value Surveys. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Siglo Veintiuno Editores; Gallup, George and Michael Lindsay. 1999. Surveying the Religious Landscape. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing] |
| Nonreligious | Turkmenistan | - | 18.00% | - | - | 1993 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Johnstone (1993)... 18% of those in Turkmenistan... are nonreligious. " [Source: Johnstone, Patrick. 1993. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House] |
| Nonreligious | Ukraine | - | 25.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 53,770,000 |
| Nonreligious | Ukraine | - | 44.00% | - | - | 2002 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Yelensky (2002), 44% of Ukrainians claim 'none' in terms of religious identification. " [Source: Yelensky, Victor. 2002. "Religion, Church, and State in the Post-Communist Era: The Case of Ukraine. " Brigham Young University Law Review 2002(2):453-488.] |
| Nonreligious | United Kingdom | - | 16.00% | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* "Religion; Secularisation " web page; "Sociology at Hewitt " site, Hewitt School, Norfolk, UK | A 1983 Gallup Poll found that 64% of white British people considered themselves Church of England, 11% Roman Catholic, 7% Methodist, 2% Baptist, only 16% had "no religion " |
| Nonreligious | United Kingdom | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Nonreligious | United Kingdom | - | 28.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 58,210,000 |
| Nonreligious | United Kingdom | - | 21.00% | - | - | 2002 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to Bruce (2002), 10% of the British self-identify as an 'agnostic person' and 8% as a 'convinced atheist,' with an additional 21% choosing 'not a religious person.' " [Source: Bruce, Steve. 2002. God is Dead: Secularization in the West. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers] |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | - | 35.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1993 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "O'Brien and Palmer (1993) claim that between 30-50% of Uruguayans have 'no religious allegiance.' " [Source: O'Brien, Joanne and Martin Palmer. 1993. The State of Religion Atlas. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster] |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | 1,207,086 | 38.30% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Official department of tourism, Uruguay | Total population: 3.151.662 (Census 1996); Religion: Catholics 56,2%, Non Religious 38,3%, Protestants 2%, Jewish 1,7%, Other 1,1% |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | - | 37.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Nonreligious | Uruguay | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "South America " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "Possibly the most secularized nation in Latin America, Uruguay has the highest percentage of atheists and agnostics. More than 90 percent of its people are of European origin. " |
| Nonreligious | USA | 1,000,000 | 1.30% | - | - | 1900 | 1996 Britannica Book of the Year | Table: Non-Christian Religious Adherents in the United States |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 2.70% | - | - | 1957 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 290. | "...the 1957 Bureau of the Census sample... 2.7% were either atheists or agnostics. There were few mentions of the term atheist in the survey. It seems that the term atheist is still unpopular today... "; [Note: "agnostic ", "atheist ", and "nonreligious " all have different meanings, but in the context of this survey, this 2.7% seems to be referring to "nonreligious "] |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1957 | Rosten, Leo (ed.). Religions in America; New York: Simon & Schuster (1963), 8th ed. [1st pub. in 1952. 8th ed. completely revised]; pg. 224. | "voluntary inquiry appeared under the title 'Religion Reported by the Civilian Pop. of U.S., March 1957.'... 96% of respondents reported a religion; 3% stated they had no religion; and 1% made no report on religion " [About 100,000 in sample] |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1960 | Herberg, Will. Protestant-Catholic-Jew: An Essay in American Religious Sociology; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company (1960); pg. 49. | "Only about 5% of the American people consider themselves outside the religious fold altogether. " |
| Nonreligious | USA | 10,069,000 | 4.90% | - | - | 1970 | 1996 Britannica Book of the Year | Table: Non-Christian Religious Adherents in the United States |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* Gibson, David (RNS). "Is the New Christianity No Longer About 'We' and All About 'Me'? " in Salt Lake Tribune (15 Jan 2000). | "Since 1972, the proportion of Americans expressing no religious preference doubled, from 7 to 14%. " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1980 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; 5 categories: "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1985 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; 5 categories: "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1989 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; 5 categories: "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None " |
| Nonreligious | USA | 20,702,000 | 8.30% | - | - | 1990 | 1996 Britannica Book of the Year | Table: Non-Christian Religious Adherents in the United States |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 11.00% | - | - | 1990 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; 5 categories: "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None " |
| Nonreligious | USA | 13,116,000 | 7.50% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 15-17. | Table 1-2: Self-Described Adherence of U.S. Adult Population 1990. Phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by Graduate School of City U. of New York. |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 7.50% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1990 | Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns ", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005) | "According to CUNY's 2001 American Religious Identification Survey, 14% of Americans claim 'no religion' in terms of self-identification, up from 8% in 1990. " [Sources: ARIS, 2001, Kosmin et al; Kosmin, Barry and Seymour Lachman. 1993. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society. New York, NY: Crown Publishers] |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 11.00% | - | - | 1991 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; 5 categories: "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1992 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; 5 categories: "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1992 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994); pg. 441. | "...national opinion polls (NORC, 1992)... Generally, less than 5% of the respondents reported no religious preference (although preference does not necessarily mean membership in a religious group). " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1992 | Marty, Martin E. & R. Scott Appleby. The Glory and the Power: The Fundamentalist Challenge to the Modern World; Boston: Beacon Press (1992); pg. 13. | "Even in... [U.S.] universities... only 30% tell poll takers they have 'no religion' or 'no religious preference,' a figure significantly higher than the 8% of the general public which says the same, but hardly a sign of wholesale rejection of faith. " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1993 | Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, 117th Edition. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Oct. 1997). [Orig. source: Religion in America, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religion Research Center (1996). Based on surveys conducted by The Gallup Organization, Inc.]; pg. 70. | Table: "No. 86. Religious Preference, Church Membership, and Attendance: 1980 to 1995 "; "Covers civilian noninstitutional population, 18 yrs. old and over. Data represent averages of the combined results of several surveys during year or period indicated.]; 5 categories: "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Other, None " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1993 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 290. | "...our figures are very close to those collected by other recent surveys. The latest Gallup polls suggest that 1 in 11 Americans has no religion. " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 6.70% | - | - | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993); pg. 36-37. | "Religious make-up of USA: percentages early 1990s (Sources: D.B. Barrett, ed. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982) " Protestant: 52%; Roman Catholic: 30%; Orthodox Christian: 2.2%; marginal Christian: 3.6%; Jewish: 3.2%; other: 2.3%; non-religious: 6.7%. |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 4.00% | - | - | 1993 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 372. | "According to a 1993 Gallup poll, only 4% of Americans describe themselves as atheists or agnostics. " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1993 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 7.50% | - | - | 1994 | Neusner, Jacob (ed). World Religions in America: An Introduction; Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press (1994); pg. 2. | "Only 7.5% of the American people profess no religion at all. " |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Nonreligious | USA | 22,928,000 | 8.70% | - | - | 1995 | 1996 Britannica Book of the Year | Table: Non-Christian Religious Adherents in the United States |
| Nonreligious | USA | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "Religious Preference -- National "; Gallup poll question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
