Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protestant | USA | 66,854,000 | - | - | - | 1963 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'... " |
| Protestant | USA | 68,299,000 | - | - | - | 1964 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'... " |
| Protestant | USA | 69,088,000 | - | - | - | 1965 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'... " |
| Protestant | USA | 71,236,000 | - | - | - | 1966 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'; in 1966 and 1967, 'Buddhists'; and in 1966, 'Old Catholic and Polish National Catholic,' and 'Eastern churches.' " |
| Protestant | USA | 70,021,000 | - | - | - | 1967 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'; in 1966 and 1967, 'Buddhists' " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 67.00% | - | - | 1967 | *LINK* MacDonald, Sally. "Pastors attempt to resurrect mainline churches " in Seattle Times, 28 Sept. 1999 (viewed online 6 Oct. 1999). | "The percentage of Americans claiming to be Protestant dropped from 67 to 60 between 1967 and 1994, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures published in 1996. " |
| Protestant | USA | 71,513,000 | - | - | - | 1968 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'... " |
| Protestant | USA | 70,189,000 | - | - | - | 1969 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'... " |
| Protestant | USA | 72,162,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391. | Table: "Membership of Religious Bodies, 1890 to 1970, & by Major Groups: 1951 to 1970 "; "Protestant " figures include "non-Protestant bodies such as 'Latter Day Saints' and 'Jehovah's Witnesses', non-Christian bodies such as 'Spiritualists,' 'Ethical Culture Movement,' and 'Unitarian-Universalists'... " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 61.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 60.00% | - | - | 1981 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition]; pg. 419. | "Some 60% of Americans are Protestant, but... fragmented into so many denominations & sects that none of them can claim even a tenth of total religiously affiliated pop... by one recent count, 1187 distinct denominations, sects... (Melton, 1979). " |
| Protestant | USA | 70,000,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983); pg. 446. | "Which are the largest religions in America? If the religious organizations are divided into just three 'faiths'--Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish--then Protestants are the most numerous, with over 71 million believers.... But if the figures are considered by denomination... Roman Catholics are nearly two times as numerous as the next largest group, the Baptists. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 1984 | Podell, Janet (ed.). Religion in American Life; New York: H. W. Wilson Company (1987); pg. 12. | "Since 1952 Protestant preferences have declined from 67 percent of the population to 56 percent, or a proportional loss of 16% percent. These losses continue a larger pattern of Protestant decline throughout this century. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 57.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* Roof, Wade Clark. "Religious Kaleidoscope: American Religion in the 1990s " in Temenos 32 (1996), 183-193. (Viewed online, Temenos web site, 30 Jan. 1999). | "...decline of the Protestant majority. Since mid-century the Protestant population has declined from 67% to 56%, or a proportionate loss of 16% (see Roof and McKinney 1987). " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 57.00% | - | - | 1987 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Orig. source: Wade Clark Roof & William McKinney. "American Mainline Religion: Its Changing Shape and Future ", Rutgers Univ. Press, 1987]; pg. 151. | "the Protestant majority slipped from 67 percent in 1952 to 57 percent in 1987. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | 105,000,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 224. | "Only thirty-two of the many hundreds of Protestant denominations in the United States belong to the NCC. The total membership of NCC-affiliated denominations is estimated, somewhat optimistically, to be 42 million, or about 40% of all American Protestants. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 58.00% | - | - | 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% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations " |
| Protestant | USA | 83,000,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | Russell, Chandler. Racing Toward 2001; Zondervan Publishing House: Grand Rapids, MI (1992). [Original sources: University of Massachusetts; National Council of Churches; denominational officials; American Jewish Yearbook.]; pg. 189. | Table: "Some Major Religious Groups in the United States " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 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? " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 1992 | Wolff, Michael. Where We Stand: Can America Make it in the Global Race for Wealth, Health, and Happiness? Bantam Books: New York (1992); pg. 206-207. | Chart |
| Protestant | USA | - | 57.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 52.00% | - | - | 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%. |
| Protestant | USA | - | 57.00% | - | - | 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? " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 48.75% | - | - | 1994 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994); pg. 190. | "Protestants account for only 60 to 65% of the total population [in the U.S.]. Of this number, only about 70 to 75% are church members. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 65.00% | - | - | 1994 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994); pg. 190. | "Protestants account for only 60 to 65% of the total population [in the U.S.]. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 60.00% | - | - | 1994 | Neusner, Jacob (ed). World Religions in America: An Introduction; Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press (1994); pg. 2. | "About 60% of American people are Protestants (among them, 19% are Baptists, 8% Methodists, 5% Lutherans, and the other 28% divided among many groups). " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 60.00% | - | - | 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? " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 58.00% | - | - | 1995 | 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 " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 56.00% | - | - | 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? " |
| Protestant | USA | 121,310,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Protestant | USA | - | 60.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* MacDonald, Sally. "Pastors attempt to resurrect mainline churches " in Seattle Times, 28 Sept. 1999 (viewed online 6 Oct. 1999). | "The percentage of Americans claiming to be Protestant dropped from 67 to 60 between 1967 and 1994, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures published in 1996. Younger people who've given up on church altogether and people flocking to nontraditional, independent churches account for most of the losses, experts say. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 58.00% | - | - | 1996 | *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? " |
| Protestant | USA | 85,500,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997); pg. 160-161. | List: "Top 10 Religious Affiliations in the US "; (Rank: 1) |
| Protestant | USA | 150,054,672 | 56.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 267,954,764 (1997 est.). Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989) |
| Protestant | USA | 163,800,000 | 63.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 32, 34. | "Americans: Location: United States; Population: 260 million "; "Over 26% of the population [of US] is Roman Catholic, while another 63% are Protestant or non-denominational Christian. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 51.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Protestant | USA | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Monday Morning Reality Check " (Protestant); web page: "Harvest 2000, Take II " by Justin D. Long, 1998 (viewed 5 March 1999) | "The net conversion rate in America for Christianity as a whole (conversions minus defections) is -39,200. (This doesn't take into account demographic growth--the 2.2 million children born into the church each year). Protestants lose 189,700 members each year. Catholics and Anglicans, too, are losing hundreds of thousands of members annually. Non-mainline churches -- independent groups like charismatics, African-American churches, and nondenominational churches -- are the only ones showing good growth, adding nearly as many through conversion as they do through demographic birth. " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 62.00% | - | - | 1999 | Woodward, Kenneth L. "2000 Years of Jesus " in Newsweek (March 19, 1999); pg. 54. | Graphic with poll results: "What is your religious preference? Percent responding: 62% Protestant; 20% Roman Catholic; 7% No Religion; 4% Non-christian; 3% Jewish " |
| Protestant | USA | - | 62.00% | - | - | 1999 | Woodward, Kenneth L. "2000 Years of Jesus " in Newsweek (March 19, 1999); pg. 54. | Graphic with poll results: "What is your religious preference? Percent responding: 62% Protestant; 20% Roman Catholic; 7% No Religion; 4% Non-christian; 3% Jewish " |
| Protestant | USA | - | - | - | - | 2000 | Hinckley, Gordon B. Standing for Something: Ten Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes. New York: Random House (2000); pg. xxiii. | "Men and women of all denominations have helpe settle this land--Catholics and Protestants, Jews and Greeks, Muslims and Hindus. " |
| Protestant | USA - East | - | 47.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the East: West Virginia, Pa., Maryland, Del., N.J., N.Y., Conn., R.I., Mass., N.H., Vermont, Maine, Washington D.C.; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Protestant | USA - Midwest | - | 60.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the Midwest: No. Dakota, So. Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minn., Iowa, Missouri, Wis., Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Protestant | USA - military | - | 32.00% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Elsasser, Glen (Chicago Tribune). "Military takes note of religious practices " in Detroit Free Press, 8 July 1999 (viewed 10 July 1999). | "Of the incoming military who do declare a religious preference, roughly 53% are members of a Protestant denomination; 32%, Roman Catholic; and 13%, Christian but of no particular denomination. " |
| Protestant | USA - South | - | 71.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the South: Oklahoma, Texas, Ark., Louisiana, Miss., Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tenn., Ky., Va., N.C., S.C.; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Protestant | USA - Spanish-speaking | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1969 | Marty, Martin E. Pilgrims in Their Own Land: 500 Years of Religion in America. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. (1984); pg. 448. | "A National Council of Churches leader, Dr. Jorge Lara-Braud, estimated that among the Spanish-speaking people in America, only 15% were Roman Catholic, 5% were Protestant, and the rest remained unaffiliated. " |
| Protestant | USA - Spanish-speaking | - | 16.00% | - | - | 1977 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990); pg. 121. | "In the first five years of the GSS (1972-77), 16% of Spanish origin respondents were Protestant (and 7% some other religion or no religion)... " |
| Protestant | USA - Spanish-speaking | - | 23.00% | - | - | 1987 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990); pg. 121. | "In the first five years of the GSS (1972-77), 16% of Spanish origin respondents were Protestant (and 7% some other religion or no religion). In the five most recent years (1982-87), 23% were Protestant (and 7% other or no religion). " |
| Protestant | USA - Spanish-speaking | 3,740,000 | 22.00% | - | - | 1990 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990); pg. 120. | "There are, according to the Census, some 17 million Americans of Spanish origin. It is routinely assumed that most if not all of these are Catholics. In fact, according to the General Social Survey (a national probability sample), only 70% of those of Spanish origin (Mexican, Puerto Rican, and 'Other Spanish') are in fact Catholic and 22% are Protestants. Thus at the most only 12 million of the population reported by the Census are Catholic. " |
| Protestant | USA - West | - | 49.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Tables: "Religious Preference -- Regional "; the West: Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado; latest Gallup poll data. Question: "What is your religious preference - Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or an Orthodox religion such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church? " |
| Protestant | Utah | - | 67.00% | - | - | 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?'; Sum of all major groups classified by study as Protestant: Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Mormon/LDS, Church of Christ, Non-denominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist.] |
| Protestant | Vanuatu | - | 67.00% | - | - | 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% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations " |
| Protestant | Venezuela | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1962 | Carpenter, Allan & Enno R. Haan. Venezuela (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Childrens Press (1970); pg. 63. | "Most of the people practice the Roman Catholic faith... In 1962, people of the Protestant faith made up less than 1 percent of the population. " |
| Protestant | Venezuela | 985,000 | 5.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 19.7 million [total pop.] (1990). |
| Protestant | Venezuela | 447,928 | 2.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 22,396,407. Nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2% |
| Protestant | Venezuela | - | 5.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Protestant | Venezuela: Caracas | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1992 | Morrison, Marion. Venezuela (series: Enchantment of the World). Chicago: Children's Press (1992); pg. 72. | "The majority of Venezuelans ar Roman Catholic, although there is freedom to practice any religion. In Caracas there are two Protestant churches. " |
| Protestant | Vermont | - | 25.00% | - | - | 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?'; Sum of all major groups classified by study as Protestant: Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Mormon/LDS, Church of Christ, Non-denominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist.] |
| Protestant | Vietnam | 175,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | *LINK* DAWN Fridayfax 1998 #22: "Vietnam: growth under persecution "; Mark Albrecht, WEF-Religious Liberty Conference, email: Religious-Liberty@xc.org | the number of Protestant Christians is estimated at 700,000, four times as many as in 1975 |
| Protestant | Vietnam | 200,000 | 0.28% | - | - | 1994 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Vietnam ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1994); pg. 37, 46. | Pg. 37: "...Vietnam's 71.8 million people... "; Pg. 46: "Vietnam also contains Protestants and Muslims... Most of the 200,000 Protestants are Montagnards of the Central Highlands. " |
| Protestant | Vietnam | 700,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* DAWN Fridayfax 1998 #22: "Vietnam: growth under persecution "; Mark Albrecht, WEF-Religious Liberty Conference, email: Religious-Liberty@xc.org | the number of Protestant Christians is estimated at 700,000, four times as many as in 1975 |
