About 1 in 5 Asian Americans with Southeast Asian origins are Buddhist | Pew Research Center

October 9, 2023

Religion Among Asian Americans

About 1 in 5 Asian Americans with Southeast Asian origins are Buddhist

About 1 in 5 Asian Americans with Southeast Asian origins are Buddhist

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About 1 in 5 Asian Americans with Southeast Asian origins are Buddhist

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Religion Among Asian Americans
Declining share of Asian Americans identify as Christian
Most Filipino and Korean Americans are Christian; about half of Chinese Americans are religiously unaffiliated
About 1 in 5 Asian Americans with Southeast Asian origins are Buddhist
Japanese and Chinese Americans are least likely to consider religion very important
Among Asian Americans, 55% of Christians and 54% of Muslims say they attend religious services at least monthly
Most Vietnamese and Indian Americans have shrine, altar or religious symbol for worship at home
Relatively few Asian Americans are both regular service attenders and have a shrine, altar or symbol for worship at home
Asian Americans twice as likely to feel ‘close to’ Buddhism than to identify as Buddhist
4 in 10 Asian Americans say they ‘feel close’ to at least one religion that they don’t personally identify with
63% of religiously unaffiliated Asian Americans say they are close to at least one faith for reasons other than religion