Religious Data Resources

Adherents.com A compendium of religious membership figures and other facts.  Not the easiest place to find what you want, but every fact is documented with a source.   

American Jewish Identity Study pdf document
This 2001 study done in conjunction with the American Religious Identification Survey (see below) provides data on issues of U.S. Jewish identity and religious practices.  Barry A. Kosmin &  Egon Mayer, principle investigators.     

American Religion Data Archive The Archive just finished a major upgrade of its site.   In addition to data files on hundreds of religion surveys, it is possible to map church membership data for the nation or individual states online. 

Summary membership reports (Religious Congregations Membership Study 1999 & 2000) for all participating denominations can also be compiled by counties, states, metropolitan areas, and the nation. 

American Religious Identification Survey A 2001 telephone survey of 50,281 households in the continental U.S.A.  This survey replicates the 1990 National Survey of Religious Identification done by the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Barry A. Kosmin &  Egon Mayer, principle investigators.

Barna Research Online

Faith Communities Today  A 2000 key informant survey of 14,300 congregations from 41 religious groups and denominations. The study was coordinated by Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary.  David Roozen and Carl Dudley, project coordinators. 

Gallup Poll Topics and Trends:  Religion This page collects a good bit of information from many of Gallup's recent reports and surveys of religion in the U.S.

National Congregations Study A 1998 phone interview study of key informants from 1236 congregations.  The study was conducted in conjunction with the 1998 General Social Survey. Mark Chaves, principle investigator.

National Election Studies  Data from this national study contains information on numerous religious questions. 

North American Jewish Databank A repository of survey data and information on the Jewish population in the U.S. This site includes findings from the

1990 National Jewish Population Survey

Percept's Home Page  A for-profit consulting company which specializes in demographic resources and analysis for religious groups.  The site contains considerable data from their "Ethos Profile Survey" on an index page of their Adobe pdf reports.  

U.S. Congregations Study This 2001 study combined a key informant study of over 1000 congregations and a member survey of nearly half a million worship attenders.  The site has just begun to release its finding on the web.

Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches This site supporting the annual yearbook of denominations and religious groups in the U.S. and Canada contains some religious data from the book.

Database of U.S. Megachurches 

Social and Census Data Resources

American Sociological Association an excellent comprehensive list of online data sets.

Census and Demographic Data A well organized and annotated site of census data from Mansfield University, Pennsylvania.

Data on the Net Univ. of California, San Diego searchable database of hundreds of data sites.

DD Viewer A fascinating site that lets you create maps and calculate statistics for 220 demographic variables from the 1990 U.S. Census.

Demographic Virtual Library a wide ranging collection of links to many sites with population and demography data.

Fedstats: One Stop for Federal Statistics 

Global Statistics - statistics on the human population

Social Science Gateways on the Net Univ. of California database of gateways into many

Internet data resource sites.

National Opinion Research Center  

The Gallup Organization

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

The Roper Center's List of Survey Research