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The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) is a free source of online information related to American and international religion. [1] One of the primary goals of the archive is to democratize access to academic information on religion by making this information as widely accessible as possible. [ 2 ]
English: This map shows the religion or lack-thereof practiced by the majority of persons in each country according to the Pew Research Center's 2010 study The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050. These figures may incorporate populations of secular/nominal adherents as well as syncretist worshipers, although the ...
The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA): [62] Note that CIA World Factbook data differs from the data below. For example, the CIA World Factbook says that 99.3% of the population in American Samoa is religious. [63]
Based on U.S. Census Bureau data released in February 2011, for the first time in recent history, Texas's non-Hispanic white population is below 50% (45%) and Hispanics grew to 38%. Between 2000 and 2010, the total population growth by 20.6%, but Hispanics and Latin Americans growth by 65%, whereas non-Hispanic whites grew by only 4.2%. [52]
Similar conversations about the role of religion in schools have become prevalent in Texas. Last year, the Legislature passed a bill allowing schools to employ a chaplain as a counselor.
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex's religious population are predominantly Christian and it is the largest metro area that identifies with the religion in the United States (78%). [53] [54] Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches are prominent in many cities and towns in the metropolitan region. The Methodist, Baptist, and Roman ...
As of 2016, 46% of the Houston-area population was Protestant, 31% was Catholic, 5% was of other religions, and 18% was of no religion; [4] in a separate 2020 study by the Public Religion Research Institute, 72% of the population were Christian, and 40% were Protestant while 29% were Catholic. [5]
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this suburb 20 miles northwest of Dallas, some religious and political leaders have framed a nonpartisan school board election this week as a spiritual battle between ...