Mapped: The Largest Non-Christian Religion in Every U.S. State

Key Takeaways

• Islam accounts for nearly half of all recorded non-Christian adherents in the U.S. Religion Census.
• New York has the country’s largest recorded non-Christian population, at roughly 1.7 million people, and the highest share, at 8.5%.
• Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and the Baha’i Faith dominate in a handful of regional pockets.

Christianity remains the largest religion across the United States, but the country’s leading non-Christian faith varies considerably by region.

Using estimates from the 2020 U.S. Religion Census, this map shows the largest recorded non-Christian religion in every state. Several Western states are led by Buddhism or Hinduism, while local historical and demographic patterns produce a number of unexpected outliers

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