MEMBERSHIP OF U.S. RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL GROUPS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Largest Religious Groups:

The 16 U.S. faith groups and ethical systems with memberships over 1 million are:

* Believed to be rapidly increasing in numbers (on a percentage basis)

World status

The 1999 Catholic Almanac reports that there are 61.5 million Catholics in the U.S.; they comprise 22.7% of the population. This makes the United States the third largest Roman Catholic country in the world, after Brazil and Mexico. These numbers are probably inflated, relative to most Protestant and other religious groups because the Catholic church counts as members everyone who has been baptized into the faith.

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