The population of
Muslims in the United States rose sharply in a decade tarakhir. The
number of Muslims in the land of Uncle Sam's beat the number of Jews for the
first time in most of the Midwest.
In a religion in the U.S. census held Statistical Association of American Religious Bodies, Tuesday (1/5) local time, the impact of skyrocketing U.S. Muslim population to make the churches in the U.S. miss the congregation and often empty during religious activities.
Muslims in the U.S. rose to 2.6 million people in 2010, more than doubled over one million people in 2000. "The increase was due to swift currents of immigration and the number of people who converted to Islam," said Dale Jones, a researcher involved in the Census statistical associations for religious bodies in America (ASARB) it.
Besides Muslims, Mormons or the number of followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also increased by 45 percent, to 6.1 percent in 2010. "In each state remains a Christian religious group the highest in the country. But we found some interesting things, the growth of adherent Mormon, recorded in 26 states," Jones said in a conference in Chicago, USA.
In the census, the researchers record number of 236 religious adherents in the country superpower. Family members of religious adherents are also included in the calculated data. In general, 55 percent of Americans still worship regularly. However, most of the surveys that have been done about 85 percent of the population calling the U.S. who claim a religion, not worship regularly. While 158 million people claiming As no religion whatever alias atheist.
From a number of major religions, the Catholic religion ever lose followers, reduced by five percent to 58.9 million over the last decade.
"Catholics experienced a reduction in the number of adherents at the most," Jones said citing Maine, where the occurrence of cases of child abuse by priests.
In the New England, Catholic funeral funerals outnumber Christians Baptists. Sedankan number of followers of the Church of the Southern Baptist Convention has a number of followers of a stable, ie 19.9 million people over the last decade.
Methodist Church to lose followers as much as four per cent to 9.9 million, the Evangelical Lutheran Church lost 18 percent to 4.2 million adherents, and the Episcopal Church lost 15 percent to become only 1.95 soul.
Although slow, the adherents of Evangelical Protestant congregations continue to grow, to 50 million adherents. Interestingly, the increase occurred in urban areas and only consist of communities consisting of only 100 people.
Followers of Buddhism also increased dramatically in the states around the Rocky Montain, a number of temples and growing congregation. The number of Buddhists in the U.S. now account for nearly one million.
In a religion in the U.S. census held Statistical Association of American Religious Bodies, Tuesday (1/5) local time, the impact of skyrocketing U.S. Muslim population to make the churches in the U.S. miss the congregation and often empty during religious activities.
Muslims in the U.S. rose to 2.6 million people in 2010, more than doubled over one million people in 2000. "The increase was due to swift currents of immigration and the number of people who converted to Islam," said Dale Jones, a researcher involved in the Census statistical associations for religious bodies in America (ASARB) it.
Besides Muslims, Mormons or the number of followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also increased by 45 percent, to 6.1 percent in 2010. "In each state remains a Christian religious group the highest in the country. But we found some interesting things, the growth of adherent Mormon, recorded in 26 states," Jones said in a conference in Chicago, USA.
In the census, the researchers record number of 236 religious adherents in the country superpower. Family members of religious adherents are also included in the calculated data. In general, 55 percent of Americans still worship regularly. However, most of the surveys that have been done about 85 percent of the population calling the U.S. who claim a religion, not worship regularly. While 158 million people claiming As no religion whatever alias atheist.
From a number of major religions, the Catholic religion ever lose followers, reduced by five percent to 58.9 million over the last decade.
"Catholics experienced a reduction in the number of adherents at the most," Jones said citing Maine, where the occurrence of cases of child abuse by priests.
In the New England, Catholic funeral funerals outnumber Christians Baptists. Sedankan number of followers of the Church of the Southern Baptist Convention has a number of followers of a stable, ie 19.9 million people over the last decade.
Methodist Church to lose followers as much as four per cent to 9.9 million, the Evangelical Lutheran Church lost 18 percent to 4.2 million adherents, and the Episcopal Church lost 15 percent to become only 1.95 soul.
Although slow, the adherents of Evangelical Protestant congregations continue to grow, to 50 million adherents. Interestingly, the increase occurred in urban areas and only consist of communities consisting of only 100 people.
Followers of Buddhism also increased dramatically in the states around the Rocky Montain, a number of temples and growing congregation. The number of Buddhists in the U.S. now account for nearly one million.
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