Question: What religion do a majority of North Carolinians identify with?
Answer: According to a 2023-24 Pew Research study, 69% of adults in North Carolina identify as Christians, with 35% of the total identifying as Evangelical Protestants, 13% as Mainline Protestants, 11% as Historically Black Protestants, 7% as Catholics, and the remaining 3% identifying as Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Orthodox Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, or other Christian groups.
Outside of Christianity, 5% of North Carolinians identify as Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, or another world religion, and 26% are religiously unaffiliated.
