Geography of Maine - Demographics - Religion

Religion

The religious affiliations of the people of Maine are shown below:

• Christian – 82%
  • Protestant – 45%
    • Baptist (mostly American Baptist) – 16%
    • Methodist (mostly United Methodist Church with 31,689 members) – 9%
    • Episcopal – 8%
    • United Church of Christ (29,122 members) / Congregational – 8%
    • Pentecostal – 6%
    • Lutheran – 3%
    • Other Protestant or general Protestant – 10%
  • Roman Catholic (283,024 members) – 37%
  • Other Christian – 1%
• Other religions – 1%
• Non-religious – 17%

In 2010, a study said Maine was the least religious state in the United States.