Explore Religion in America with New Online Tools
The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, released on Monday, details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the remarkable dynamism of the U.S. religious marketplace. A suite of online tools accompanies the survey, allowing you to drill deep into the data.
Blogger reactions:
"The study itself is fascinating, and the presentation of the data is enough to send us into a coma of nerdbliss for days." - Chicagoist
"This is a great resource that is well worth bookmarking and exploring at length." - Covenant
"WARNING... the website is so well put together it threatens to eat away more time than you may want to give." - Prophetic Progress
Start here, or go directly to the sections listed below:
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Affiliations
View the religious composition of the United States as well as the size of the different religious groups in the country.
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Maps
Explore the religious geography of the United States and see the percentage of each state's population that is affiliated with various religions.
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Portraits
Choose a religious group and examine its demographic characteristics, such as age, ethnicity, educational level and income level.
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Comparisons
Compare breakdowns of key demographic characteristics, such as age, ethnicity, educational level and income level, of religious groups.
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Full Report
Read the summary of key findings, view detailed data tables and download the 143-page PDF of the full report.
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U.S. Religious Landscape Survey in the News
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The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey has received extensive press coverage. Media outlets have turned to Forum researchers for context and analysis, including the following:
Director Luis Lugo:
Americans "not only change jobs, change where they live, and change spouses, but they change religions too." (TIME)
"The Catholic Church may be a microcosm of what's going to happen to the country in the next 40 years." (USA Today)
Senior Research Fellow John Green:
"Some of [the unaffiliated] are between religions. Some of them are just hostile to organized religion. They're fine with God." (Religion News Service)
Religious diversity "sets up the potential for big arguments, but also for the possibility of all sorts of creative synthesis. Diversity cuts both ways." (The New York Times)
Research Fellow Greg Smith:
"There's no group that is simply winning or simply losing. Nothing is static. Every group is simultaneously winning and losing." (TIME)
"Churn. Churn. Churn. The biggest news here is change." (USA Today)
Read more press coverage of the survey »
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