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Monday 6 October, 2008
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Interesting Religious Survey in USA: Hindus compete with Jews to Outperform!

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life 
has conducted an extensive survey Based on interviews with more than
35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the survey details the religious
affiliation of the American public.

The result of survey is very interesting:

  1. 48% of Surveyed Hindus were Post Graduate or above. Jews were distant Second with 35%
  2. 43% of Hindus are in Highest Income Group($100,000 Plus) second only to Jews who are at 46%
  3. It shows 44 percent of Americans have switched religious affiliations (If shifts among Protestant denominations are included)
  4. The Roman Catholic Church “has experienced the greatest net losses as a result of affiliation changes”
  5. Sixteen
    per cent of American adults say they are not part of any organised
    faith, which makes the unaffiliated the country’s fourth-largest
    “religious group”.
  6. Evangelical Protestant Churches form the
    biggest Group with 26.3%. Followed by Catholic who form 23.9% of
    Population. While Hindus form approx. 0.4% of Population
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