The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life just released an extensive new survey about religious affiliations of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. There are some cool interactive maps on that site. It was also summarized in a USA Today story.
Here are a few interesting facts:
- Mormonism is one of the strongest religions in the West.
- Mormons share the tradition of Black Protestants with large young families.
- Mormons also have one of the highest percentages of women members.
- Mormons have a higher percentage of Black members than American Catholics and mainstream Protestant churches.
- Mormons top the middle class income range (50-75K) and are in no way richer than other religious affiliates.
- Mormons have the highest level of post secondary education with over 32% attending at least some college.
- Mormons have the highest level of married status (next to Hindus) and the lowest % of “never married.”
- Mormons have the lowest percentage of families with no children and the highest percentage of families with 4 or more children.
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