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Non-Christian Religious Adherents in the United States
| Adherents |
Year
1900 |
% of
total
pop. |
Mid-
1970 |
% of
total
pop. |
Mid-
1990 |
% of
total
pop. |
Mid-
1995 |
% of
total
pop. |
(Projected)
mid-
2000 |
% of
total
pop. |
| Total |
2,724,800 |
3.6 |
20,789,000 |
9.9 |
37,079,000 |
14.6 |
39,077,000 |
14.6 |
41,054,000 |
14.8 |
| Atheists |
1,000 |
0.0 |
200,000 |
0.1 |
770,000 |
0.3 |
874,000 |
0.3 |
925,000 |
0.3 |
| Baha'is |
2,800 |
0.0 |
138,000 |
0.1 |
600,000 |
0.2 |
683,000 |
0.3 |
750,000 |
0.3 |
| Buddhists |
30,000 |
0.0 |
200,000 |
0.1 |
1,680,000 |
0.7 |
1,864,000 |
0.7 |
2,000,000 |
0.7 |
| Chinese folk religionists |
70,000 |
0.1 |
90,000 |
0.0 |
76,000 |
0.0 |
74,000 |
0.0 |
70,000 |
0.0 |
| Hindus |
1,000 |
0.0 |
100,000 |
0.0 |
650,000 |
0.3 |
795,000 |
0.3 |
950,000 |
0.3 |
| Jews |
1,500,000 |
2.0 |
6,700,000 |
3.2 |
5,535,000 |
2.2 |
5,518,000 |
2.1 |
5,500,000 |
2.0 |
| Muslims |
10,000 |
0.0 |
800,000 |
0.4 |
3,600,000 |
1.4 |
3,767,000 |
1.4 |
3,950,000 |
1.4 |
| Black Muslims |
0 |
0.0 |
200,000 |
0.1 |
1,250,000 |
0.5 |
1,400,000 |
0.5 |
1,650,000 |
0.6 |
| New-Religionists |
0 |
0.0 |
110,000 |
0.1 |
575,000 |
0.2 |
603,000 |
0.2 |
675,000 |
0.2 |
| Nonreligious |
1,000,000 |
1.3 |
11,730,000 |
5.6 |
22,233,000 |
8.7 |
23,394,000 |
8.8 |
24,554,000 |
8.8 |
| Sikhs |
0 |
0.0 |
1,000 |
0.0 |
160,000 |
0.1 |
190,000 |
0.1 |
220,000 |
0.1 |
| Tribal religionists |
100,000 |
0.1 |
70,000 |
0.0 |
280,000 |
0.1 |
305,000 |
0.1 |
350,000 |
0.1 |
| Other religionists |
10,000 |
0.0 |
650,000 |
0.3 |
920,000 |
0.4 |
1,010,000 |
0.4 |
1,110,000 |
0.4 |
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