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U.S. Religion Survey Data

This page lists data from larger surveys covering a broad range of questions across multiple religious and demographic groups throughout the United States. This includes the Religious Landscape Studies conducted in 2007 and 2014, surveys of Jewish Americans and faith among Black Americans in 2020, and surveys of Muslim Americans conducted in 2007, 2011 and 2017.

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This Pew Research Center survey includes data on religion and the environment. It was fielded online among 10,156 U.S. adult respondents from April 11 to 17, 2022.

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Featured publication: How Religion Intersects With Americansโ€™ Views on the Environment


American Trends Panel Wave 84

This Pew Research Center survey provides data on religion in politics. It was fielded online among 12,055 U.S. adult respondents from March 1 to March 7, 2021. 


Featured publication: In U.S., Far More Support Than Oppose Separation of Church and State


Faith Among Black Americans (2020)

This study is Pew Research Centerโ€™s most comprehensive, in-depth attempt to explore religion among Black Americans. Responses were collected from Nov. 19, 2019, to June 3, 2020, with most of the 8,660 Black adult respondents completing the survey between Jan. 21 and Feb. 10, 2020. 


Featured publication: Faith Among Black Americans


Jewish Americans in 2020

The survey interviewed 4,718 U.S. adults who identify as Jewish, including 3,836 Jews by religion and 882 Jews of no religion. The survey was administered online and by mail from Nov. 19, 2019, to June 3, 2020. 


Featured publication: Jewish Americans in 2020


2019 Survey of Religion Among U.S. Teens and Their Parents

Pew Research Center surveyed 1,811 pairs of U.S. teens and their parents โ€“ one parent and one teen from each household. The survey was conducted online from March 29 to April 14, 2019. 


Featured publication: U.S. Teens Take After Their Parents Religiously, Attend Services Together and Enjoy Family Rituals


American Trends Panel Wave 70

This Pew Research Center survey includes data on religion in public life, including the impact of coronavirus on religious participation. It was fielded online among 10,211 U.S. adult respondents from July 13 to 19, 2020. 


Featured publication: Americans Oppose Religious Exemptions From Coronavirus-Related Restrictions


American Trends Panel Wave 61

This Pew Research Center survey includes data on religion in public life. It was fielded online among 6,395 U.S. adult respondents from Feb. 4 to 15, 2020. 


Featured publication: White Evangelicals See Trump as Fighting for Their Beliefs, Though Many Have Mixed Feelings About His Personal Conduct


American Trends Panel Wave 46

This Pew Research Center survey includes data on religion in public life. It was fielded online among 6,364 U.S. adult respondents from March 18 to April 1, 2019. 


Featured publication: Americans Have Positive Views About Religionโ€™s Role in Society, but Want It Out of Politics


American Trends Panel Wave 44

This Pew Research Center survey includes fact-based questions gauging Americansโ€™ religious knowledge. It was fielded online among 10,971 U.S. adult respondents from Feb. 4 to 19, 2019. 


Featured publication: What Americans Know About Religion



American Trends Panel Wave 30

This Pew Research Center survey includes many questions used to create a new religious typology of U.S. adults, as well as questions about belief in God. It was fielded among 4,729 U.S. adult respondents from Dec. 4 to 18, 2017. 


Featured publication: The Religious Typology


2017 Survey of U.S. Muslims

This Pew Research Center survey of U.S. Muslims was conducted from Jan. 23 to May 2, 2017, on landlines and cellphones, among a representative sample of 1,001 Muslim adults living in the United States. This is the third time Pew Research Center has conducted a comprehensive survey of U.S. Muslims. 


Featured publication: U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream


American Trends Panel Wave 24

This Pew Research Center survey includes data on Americansโ€™ feelings toward a variety of religious groups. It was fielded online among 4,248 U.S. adult respondents from Jan. 9 to 23, 2017. 


Featured publication: Americans Express Increasingly Warm Feelings Toward Religious Groups


American Trends Panel Wave 20

This Pew Research Center survey includes questions on Americansโ€™ views toward religious liberty as it relates to social issues, such as same-sex marriage. It was fielded online and by mail among 4,538 U.S. adult respondents from Aug. 16 to Sept. 12, 2016. 


Featured publication: Where the Public Stands on Religious Liberty vs. Nondiscrimination


American Trends Panel Wave 18

This Pew Research Center survey includes data on views toward religious clergy. It was fielded online and by mail among 4,602 U.S. adult respondents from June 7 to July 5, 2016.


Featured publication: Many Americans Hear Politics From the Pulpit 


2015 Survey of U.S. Catholics and Family Life

This Pew Research Center survey was conducted May 5 to June 7, 2015, on landlines and cellphones among a national probability sample of 5,122 adults, including 1,016 self-identified Catholics. The survey examines Catholicsโ€™ views about a wide range of family issues.


Featured publication: U.S. Catholics Open to Non-Traditional Families


Pew Research Center 2014 Religious Landscape Study 

This is Pew Research Centerโ€™s second U.S. Religious Landscape Study, a follow-up to its first comprehensive study of religion in America conducted in 2007. This study โ€“ which includes a large sample size of 35,071 U.S. adults reached by telephone (landlines and cellphones) June 4 to Sept. 30, 2014 โ€“ was designed to obtain a minimum of 300 interviews with respondents in each state and the District of Columbia, as well as to represent the countryโ€™s largest metropolitan areas. It also permits analysis of a variety of relatively small religious groups and denominations.


Featured publication: Americaโ€™s Changing Religious Landscape


American Trends Panel Wave 6

This Pew Research Center survey includes data on the role of religion in Americansโ€™ everyday lives. It was fielded online and by mail among 3,278 U.S. adult respondents from Aug. 11 to Sept. 3, 2014. 


Featured publication: Religion in Everyday Life


American Trends Panel Wave 4

This Pew Research Center survey includes data on religion, technology and feelings toward various religious groups. It was fielded online and by mail among 3,217 U.S. adult respondents from May 30 to June 30, 2014. 


Featured publication: How Americans Feel About Religious Groups


A Portrait of Jewish Americans (2013)

This is Pew Research Centerโ€™s first survey focusing on the attitudes, beliefs and practices of U.S. Jews. The Center surveyed 3,475 U.S. adults who identify as Jewish, including 2,786 Jews by religion and 689 Jews of no religion. The survey was administered by telephone (landlines and cellphones) from Feb. 20 to June 13, 2013.


Featured publication: A Portrait of Jewish Americans


2013 Survey of Aging and Longevity

This Pew Research Center survey focuses on Americansโ€™ views on aging, longevity and end-of-life issues. It was conducted by telephone (landlines and cellphones) among 4,006 U.S. adult respondents from March 21 to April 8, 2013.


Featured publication: Living to 120 and Beyond: Americansโ€™ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension


2013 Survey of U.S. Latinos

This 2013 Pew Research Center survey focuses on religion among Hispanic adults living in the U.S. The nationally representative survey of Hispanics was conducted by telephone (cellphones and landlines) with 5,103 Hispanic adults from May 24 to July 28, 2013.


Featured publication: The Shifting Religious Identity of Latinos in the United States


2011 Survey of Mormons in America

This Pew Research Center survey of 1,019 Mormons was conducted by telephone Oct. 25 to Nov. 16, 2011. It focuses on Mormonsโ€™ religious beliefs and practices as well as their political and social views and their perspectives on their place in society. 


Featured publication: Mormons in America โ€“ Certain in Their Beliefs, Uncertain of Their Place in Society


2011 Muslim American Survey

This Pew Research Center survey of U.S. Muslims was conducted April 14 to July 22, 2011, on landlines and cellphones among a representative sample of 1,033 Muslim adults living in the United States. This is the second time Pew Research Center has conducted a comprehensive survey of U.S. Muslims. 


Featured publication: Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism


U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey (2010)

This Pew Research Center survey includes fact-based questions gauging Americansโ€™ religious knowledge. It was conducted among 3,412 U.S. adults, on landlines and cellphones, from May 19 to June 6, 2010. 


Featured publication: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey


Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.

This 2008 Pew Research Center survey is a follow-up to the 2007 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, and is based on recontact interviews with members of the largest segments of the population that have changed religious affiliation. It was conducted on landlines among 2,867 adults from Oct. 3 to Nov. 7, 2008.


Featured publication: Faith in Flux


2007 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey

This is Pew Research Centerโ€™s first U.S. Religious Landscape Study, a comprehensive study of religion in America. This study, which includes a large sample size of 35,556 U.S. adults reached by telephone May 8 to Aug. 13, 2007, was designed to represent the countryโ€™s religious population and permit analysis of a variety of relatively small religious groups and denominations.


Featured publication: U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Religious Beliefs and Practices


2007 Survey of Muslim Americans

This is the first comprehensive Pew Research Center survey of U.S. Muslims, conducted Jan. 24 to April 30, 2007, on telephones among a representative sample of 1,050 Muslim adults living in the United States. It focuses on Muslim Americansโ€™ religious beliefs and practices as well as their political and social views and their perspectives on their place in society. 


Featured publication: Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream


Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion

This Pew Research Center survey includes 4,016 interviews with Latinos conducted by telephone Aug. 10 to Oct. 4, 2006.


Featured publication: Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion