---
title: "African-Americans and Religion"
description: "A new analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole. Source: Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007, released in 2008 Data tables available in the full report."
date: "2009-01-30"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/01/30/african-americans-and-religion/"
categories:
  - "Beliefs & Practices"
  - "Black Americans"
  - "Race & Ethnicity"
  - "Race, Ethnicity & Religion"
  - "Religion & Race"
  - "Religious Characteristics of Demographic Groups"
  - "Religious Commitment"
  - "Religious Demographics"
  - "U.S. Religious Demographics"
---

# African-Americans and Religion

A new [analysis](/docs/?DocID=389) by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole.

![African American religion](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/07/USCompare.gif)

Source: [Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey](http://religions.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/), conducted in 2007, released in 2008 Data tables available in the [full report](/docs/?DocID=389).