Is most of the united states catholic?

Question

If so how come religion is on its a***...living in England i am a minority as a catholic as everyone else is church of england.

Answer 1

No. The majority of people in the United States belong to one Protestant denomination or another--including our illustrious President. We've only ever had one Catholic President (JFK), and not one (yet) who was Jewish. Or female, for that matter.
Wow, in looking at some of these answers: I would suggest that if people don't know what they're talking about, they probably shouldn't attempt to give an answer. 100 years ago there was anti-Catholic prejudice in this country. Some Catholics believe there still is, but I think they just like the idea of being persecuted. And most Americans are Baptists? Where did you get that one?

Answer 2

The largest single denomination in the United States in Catholic. But the protestants together outnumber Catholics.

...then again, they can't all get on the same page as to what they believe, an obvious mark that they are not the true church founded by christ.

The two Catholic parishes I work for are growing quite nicely. Mass attendance is way up, and many new members joining each Easter.

Answer 3

The Catholic population in the US is about 100 million according to the Catholic Church. That would be 33% 0f the US. I think a more accurate figure would be about 85 million, active church members. That would put it around 25%, which is close to surveys I have seen. However the regional tallies can be as high as 95% in the Southwest areas with largely Hispanic residents.

Answer 4

The Catholic Church is the largest SINGLE church in the country congregation wise, but is not the most common among the religious population of the US. The most common are the protestant denominations such as the many different Lutheran sects, Baptists, etc.

Answer 5

Most of the US is Protestant, not Catholic. It was HUGE news that this country could even elect a Catholic president (JFK) -- and that was in the 60's!

In fact, if it wasn't for the Irish immigration in the nineteenth century Catholics might be almost non-existant in this country, although the heavy Latin American influx of the past couple decades would have changed that.

Answer 6

American Adults Religious Identification (Age 18+)

Catholic
24.5%

Baptist
16.3%

Christian (no denomination specified)
6.8%

Methodist/Wesleyan
6.8%

Lutheran
4.6%

Other [>1%]: Presbyterian; Pentecostal/Charismatic, Protestant, Nondenominational, Episcopalian/Anglican; Mormon/Latter-Day Saints; Churches of Christ

Other [= or >.3%]: Jehovah's Witness; Seventh-Day Adventist; Assemblies of God; Church of God; Holiness/Holy; Congregational/United Church of Christ; Church of the Nazarene
Others [smaller representations yet]: Disciples of Christ; Church of the Brethren; Mennonite; Orthodox (Eastern); Quaker; Reformed/Dutch Reform, and many more

Total Christian
76.5%

Answer 7

Actually most of the United States is "undecided" they claim a form of christianity (some baptist, some catholic, protestant and others) but most only "claim" it because thier Grandma goes to church they themselves have NO personal relationship with God.

Answer 8

the only days that are vacations interior the sense that we've a time without work of paintings are Christmas and Easter and for some human beings good Friday. Others are celebrated yet in basic terms via Catholics with a particular Mass. some are Holy Days of criminal duty as properly, however the US would not be conscious of or rejoice them as a u . s ..

Answer 9

I think there are more Protestants than Catholics in the US, but am not totally sure about it. I think I heard it on a TV news program

Answer 10

NO. a lot of Christians in America are Baptists, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Southern Baptists, and a lot more are non-denominational or Pentecostal.