Christianity is the largest religion in the United States, with 76% of the population identifying themselves as Christian. This is down from 86% in 1990. About 62% of the population are members of a church.
Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3%, while Roman Catholicism, at 23.9%, was the largest individual denomination. The study categorizes white evangelicals, 26.3% of the population, as the country's largest religious cohort; another study estimates evangelicals of all races at 30–35%.
