Chicago

===Religion===
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| caption = Religion in Chicago (2014)<ref name="Religion1">{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/chicago-metro-area/ |title=Religious Landscape Study |date=May 11, 2015 |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326020605/https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/chicago-metro-area/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Religion2">[http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/29/major-u-s-metropolitan-areas-differ-in-their-religious-profiles/ Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609103107/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/29/major-u-s-metropolitan-areas-differ-in-their-religious-profiles/ |date=June 9, 2021 }}, Pew Research Center</ref>
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| label2 = [[Roman Catholicism]]
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| label4 = [[Jehovah's Witness]]
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| label7 = [[Islam]]
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According to a 2014 study by the [[Pew Research Center]], [[Christianity]] is the most prevalently practiced religion in Chicago (71%),<ref name="Religion2"/> with the city being the fourth-most religious metropolis in the United States after [[Dallas]], [[Atlanta]] and [[Houston]].<ref name="Religion2"/> [[Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]] are the largest branches (34% and 35% respectively), followed by [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] with 1% each.<ref name="Religion1"/> Chicago also has a sizable non-Christian population. Non-Christian groups include [[Irreligion in the United States|Irreligious]] (22%), [[Judaism in the United States|Judaism]] (3%), [[Islam in the United States|Islam]] (2%), [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhism]] (1%) and [[Hinduism in the United States|Hinduism]] (1%).<ref name="Religion1"/>

Chicago is the headquarters of several religious denominations, including the [[Evangelical Covenant Church]] and the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]. It is the seat of several [[Diocese of Chicago (disambiguation)|dioceses]]<!--intentional link to DAB apge-->. The [[Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago)|Fourth Presbyterian Church]] is one of the largest [[Presbyterian]] congregations in the United States based on memberships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presbyterianmission.org/wp-content/uploads/Comparative_Statistics_2014-for-PCUSA.pdf#page=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801154345/https://www.presbyterianmission.org/wp-content/uploads/Comparative_Statistics_2014-for-PCUSA.pdf |archive-date=August 1, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Table 6 Fifteen Largest PC(USA) Congregations Based on Membership Size, 2014 |publisher=Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |format=PDF |access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> Since the 20th century Chicago has also been the headquarters of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Baum |first1=Wilhelm |author-link1=Wilhelm Baum (historian) |last2=Winkler |first2=Dietmar W. |title=The Church of the East: A Concise History |year=2003 |location=London-New York |publisher=Routledge-Curzon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnSCAgAAQBAJ |isbn=978-1-134-43019-2 |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709112352/https://books.google.com/books?id=CnSCAgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014 the [[Catholic Church]] was the largest individual Christian denomination (34%), with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]] being the largest Catholic jurisdiction. [[Evangelical Protestantism]] form the largest theological Protestant branch (16%), followed by [[Mainline Protestant]]s (11%), and historically [[Black church]]es (8%). Among denominational Protestant branches, [[Baptists]] formed the largest group in Chicago (10%); followed by Nondenominational (5%); [[Lutheran]]s (4%); and [[Pentecostal]]s (3%).<ref name="Religion1"/>

Non-Christian faiths accounted for 7% of the religious population in 2014. [[Judaism]] has at least 261,000 adherents which is 3% of the population, making it the second largest religion.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=October 24, 2020 |publisher=SimpleToRemember.com |title=World Jewish Population |url=https://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/world-jewish-population.htm |archive-date=July 25, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050725232856/https://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/world-jewish-population.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Religion1"/> A 2020 study estimated the total Jewish population of the Chicago metropolitan area, both religious and irreligious, at 319,500.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metropolitan Chicago Jewish Population Study (MCJPS) Interactive Mapping Tool |url=https://2020populationstudy.juf.org/Metro_Chicago.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=2020populationstudy.juf.org}}</ref>

The first two [[Parliament of the World's Religions]] in 1893 and 1993 were held in Chicago.<ref>{{cite news |last=Avant |first=Gerry |title=Parliament of World's Religions |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xj5TAAAAIBAJ&pg=5129,4279121 |date=September 11, 1993 |access-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611141937/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xj5TAAAAIBAJ&pg=5129%2C4279121 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many international religious leaders have visited Chicago, including [[Mother Teresa]], the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]]<ref name="Watts2009">{{cite book |first=Greg |last=Watts |title=Mother Teresa: Faith in the Darkness |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5pqWTRO3CU4C&pg=PA67 |year=2009 |publisher=Lion Books |isbn=978-0-7459-5283-3 |pages=67– |access-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709112829/https://books.google.com/books?id=5pqWTRO3CU4C&pg=PA67 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Pope John Paul&nbsp;II]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Robert |title=Pope John Paul II in Chicago |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-pope-story,0,3834966.story |access-date=September 27, 2013 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 5, 1979 |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708052326/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-pope-story,0,3834966.story |url-status=live }}</ref>