|
Active Duty Personnel by Faith and Service (March 2005)
by Grand Total
Source: United States Department of Defense
|
| Denomination Name |
Army |
Navy |
Air
Force |
Marine
Corps |
Grand
Total |
Total
% |
| Roman Catholic Church |
101,754 |
69,339 |
80,881 |
45,904 |
297,878 |
21.52% |
| No Religious Preference |
92,739 |
90,849 |
59,715 |
27,644 |
270,947 |
19.57% |
| Baptist churches |
80,882 |
46,810 |
53,328 |
22,728 |
203,748 |
14.72% |
| Christian, no denominational preference |
63,699 |
41,583 |
56,902 |
31,850 |
194,034 |
14.01% |
| Unknown |
34,620 |
61,846 |
1,065 |
15,060 |
112,591 |
8.13% |
| Protestant, no denominational preference |
13,320 |
5,621 |
22,127 |
5,100 |
46,168 |
3.33% |
| Methodist churches |
15,437 |
8,562 |
8,022 |
4,539 |
36,560 |
2.64% |
| Lutheran churches |
11,285 |
6,804 |
11,200 |
4,307 |
33,596 |
2.43% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
7,055 |
2,740 |
7,476 |
1,090 |
18,361 |
1.33% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) |
6,424 |
2,975 |
6,265 |
2,051 |
17,715 |
1.28% |
| Protestant, other churches |
4,779 |
1,560 |
2,667 |
1,059 |
10,065 |
0.73% |
| Church of Christ |
4,147 |
2,072 |
3,020 |
670 |
9,909 |
0.72% |
| Pentecostal churches |
3 |
3,684 |
4,060 |
2,059 |
9,806 |
0.71% |
| Episcopal Church |
3,552 |
1,397 |
2,849 |
1,641 |
9,439 |
0.68% |
| Reformed and Presbyterian churches |
4,645 |
2,350 |
237 |
1,443 |
8,675 |
0.63% |
| Christian Church and churches of Christ |
5,776 |
214 |
2,403 |
71 |
8,464 |
0.61% |
| Unclassified religions |
3,386 |
1,424 |
2,236 |
857 |
7,903 |
0.57% |
| Full Gospel |
7,282 |
49 |
93 |
39 |
7,463 |
0.54% |
| United Methodist Church |
641 |
136 |
6,426 |
209 |
7,412 |
0.54% |
| American Baptist churches in the USA |
4,190 |
504 |
1,184 |
328 |
6,206 |
0.45% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
3,383 |
989 |
525 |
1,000 |
5,897 |
0.43% |
| Assemblies of God |
1,363 |
824 |
2,337 |
367 |
4,891 |
0.35% |
| Seventh Day Adventist |
1,683 |
1,206 |
1,131 |
533 |
4,553 |
0.33% |
| Buddhism |
1,513 |
911 |
1,245 |
696 |
4,365 |
0.32% |
| Atheist |
1,317 |
356 |
1,947 |
681 |
4,301 |
0.31% |
| Judaism (Jewish) |
1,515 |
737 |
1,293 |
476 |
4,021 |
0.29% |
| Presbyterian Church (USA) |
182 |
33 |
3,562 |
76 |
3,853 |
0.28% |
| Islam |
1,715 |
844 |
778 |
457 |
3,794 |
0.27% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, TN) |
967 |
686 |
750 |
189 |
2,592 |
0.19% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
667 |
357 |
772 |
168 |
1,964 |
0.14% |
| Pentescostal Holiness Church, International |
695 |
319 |
729 |
210 |
1,953 |
0.14% |
| Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod |
302 |
141 |
1,288 |
128 |
1,859 |
0.13% |
| Church of God in Christ |
778 |
237 |
710 |
109 |
1,834 |
0.13% |
| Wicca (witchcraft) |
0 |
0 |
1,532 |
231 |
1,763 |
0.13% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
438 |
129 |
881 |
179 |
1,627 |
0.12% |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church |
494 |
233 |
713 |
102 |
1,542 |
0.11% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
96 |
26 |
893 |
77 |
1,092 |
0.08% |
| Eastern Orthodox churches |
381 |
192 |
337 |
157 |
1,067 |
0.08% |
| Catholic churches |
0 |
0 |
0 |
808 |
808 |
0.06% |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church |
179 |
112 |
392 |
71 |
754 |
0.05% |
| Hinduism |
225 |
181 |
196 |
103 |
705 |
0.05% |
| United Church of Christ |
195 |
126 |
333 |
44 |
698 |
0.05% |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) |
297 |
223 |
122 |
56 |
698 |
0.05% |
| Brethren churches |
221 |
199 |
130 |
83 |
633 |
0.05% |
| Advent Christian Church |
222 |
79 |
198 |
129 |
628 |
0.05% |
| Free Will Baptist churches |
243 |
70 |
239 |
73 |
625 |
0.05% |
| Unitarian Universalist |
168 |
86 |
240 |
39 |
533 |
0.04% |
| Reformed Episcopal Church |
141 |
70 |
236 |
82 |
529 |
0.04% |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
171 |
149 |
116 |
80 |
516 |
0.04% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
168 |
61 |
156 |
68 |
453 |
0.03% |
| United Pentecostal Church International |
107 |
54 |
222 |
63 |
446 |
0.03% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America |
115 |
32 |
257 |
32 |
436 |
0.03% |
| American Baptist Conference |
159 |
29 |
221 |
24 |
433 |
0.03% |
| Evangelical churches |
170 |
101 |
129 |
29 |
429 |
0.03% |
| Pentecostal Church of God |
158 |
30 |
197 |
41 |
426 |
0.03% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance |
86 |
23 |
188 |
25 |
322 |
0.02% |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
87 |
31 |
167 |
25 |
310 |
0.02% |
| Orthodox churches |
83 |
69 |
89 |
46 |
287 |
0.02% |
| Wesleyan Church |
70 |
40 |
115 |
35 |
260 |
0.02% |
| Bible Protestant Church |
36 |
10 |
182 |
31 |
259 |
0.02% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
44 |
42 |
112 |
32 |
230 |
0.02% |
| Congregational churches |
115 |
23 |
74 |
14 |
226 |
0.02% |
| Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints |
110 |
32 |
53 |
29 |
224 |
0.02% |
| Agnostic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
223 |
223 |
0.02% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
99 |
13 |
75 |
7 |
194 |
0.01% |
| General Association of General Baptists |
119 |
4 |
64 |
0 |
187 |
0.01% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church |
74 |
46 |
46 |
8 |
174 |
.01% |
| Salvation Army |
58 |
50 |
40 |
17 |
165 |
0.01% |
| Native American |
0 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
153 |
0.01% |
| National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
94 |
1 |
45 |
1 |
141 |
0.01% |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches |
58 |
6 |
63 |
11 |
138 |
0.01% |
| Churches of Christ in Christian Union |
121 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
131 |
0.01% |
| Independent Fundamental Bible churches |
8 |
7 |
87 |
17 |
119 |
0.01% |
| National Baptist Convention of America |
77 |
0 |
28 |
5 |
110 |
0.01% |
| Moravian churches |
42 |
16 |
39 |
13 |
110 |
0.01% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
34 |
9 |
37 |
26 |
106 |
0.01% |
| Church of God (Anderson, IN) |
11 |
7 |
72 |
7 |
97 |
0.01% |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel |
30 |
7 |
45 |
6 |
88 |
0.01% |
| Episcopal churches |
0 |
0 |
0 |
86 |
86 |
0.01% |
| Reformed Church in America |
20 |
9 |
41 |
7 |
77 |
0.01% |
| Churches of God, General Conference |
21 |
5 |
29 |
3 |
58 |
0.00% |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
14 |
12 |
24 |
3 |
53 |
0.00% |
| Independent Churches Affiliated |
32 |
1 |
18 |
1 |
52 |
0.00% |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America |
35 |
3 |
11 |
1 |
50 |
0.00% |
| Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. |
7 |
1 |
32 |
0 |
40 |
0.00% |
| Associated Gospel churches |
21 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
30 |
0.00% |
| Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. |
14 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
25 |
0.00% |
| Plymouth Brethren |
3 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
15 |
0.00% |
| Fundamentalist churches |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
14 |
0.00% |
| Anglican Catholic Church |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
0.00% |
| European-Free churches |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
0.00% |
| Iglesia Ni Christo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
0.00% |
| Asbury Bible churches |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
0.00% |
| Magick and Spiritualist |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
0.00% |
| Schwenkfelder churches |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0.00% |
| Adventist churches |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.00% |
| Holiness churches |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.00% |
| Baha'i Faith |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.00% |
| Eastern Religions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.00% |
| Tioga River Christian Conference |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0.00% |
| Totals |
487,672 |
360,813 |
358,790 |
177,211 |
1,384,486 |
100.00% |
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