Oklahoma

===Religion===
{{see also|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oklahoma}}
[[File:BostonAvenueMethodist.jpg|thumb|The [[Boston Avenue Methodist Church]] in Tulsa is a [[National Historic Landmark]].]]

Oklahoma is part of a geographical region characterized by conservative and Evangelical Protestant Christianity known as the "[[Bible Belt]]". Spanning the southern and eastern parts of the United States, the area is known for [[Ideology|politically and socially]] conservative views, with the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] having the greater number of voters registered between the two major parties.<ref name="ok.gov">{{cite news |url=https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20180115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20%28vr2420%29.pdf |title=Current Registration Statistics by County |work=ok.gov |date=January 15, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2018 |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135641/https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20180115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20%28vr2420%29.pdf }}</ref> Tulsa, the state's second-largest city, home to [[Oral Roberts University]], is sometimes called the "[[Bible Belt#Buckle|buckle of the Bible Belt]]".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newvoices.org/cgi-bin/articlepage.cgi?id=672 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121104922/http://www.newvoices.org/cgi-bin/articlepage.cgi?id=672 | archive-date=January 21, 2007 | title=Jewish Life in the Bible Belt| first=| last=Bram | publisher=New Voices Magazine| access-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=April 29, 2007 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162762471.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910074711/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162762471.html |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |title=Minister's book plunges into cultural issues |first=Bill |last=Sherman |work=Tulsa World |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>

In 2000, there were about 5,000 [[List of synagogues in Oklahoma|Jews]] and 6,000 Muslims, with ten congregations to each group.<ref name="religion">{{cite web| url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/40_2000.asp| title=State Membership Report—Oklahoma| publisher=Association of Religion Data Archives| access-date=August 5, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234702/http://thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/40_2000.asp| archive-date=September 26, 2007}}</ref>

According to the [[Pew Research Center]] in 2008, the majority of Oklahoma's religious adherents were [[Christian]], accounting for about 80% of the population. The percentage of Catholics was half the national average, while the percentage of [[Evangelical]] Protestants was more than twice the national average (tied with Arkansas for the largest percentage of any state).<ref name="religion2">{{cite web | url=http://religions.pewforum.org/maps | title=U.S. Religious Landscapes Survey| publisher=The Pew Forum on Religion and Life| access-date=April 22, 2008}}</ref>
[[File:OKC Cathedral.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Oklahoma City)|Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help]] in Oklahoma City]]

In 2010, the state's largest church memberships were in the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (886,394 members), the [[United Methodist Church]] (282,347), the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] (178,430), and the [[Assemblies of God USA|Assemblies of God]] (85,926) and [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-states/state/oklahoma|title=LDS Statistics and Church Facts {{!}} Total Church Membership|work=www.mormonnewsroom.org|access-date=July 31, 2017|language=en}}</ref> (47,349). Other religions represented in the state include [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], and [[Islam]].<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/40/rcms2010_40_state_family_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives &#124; State Membership Report |publisher=thearda.com |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209190519/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/40/rcms2010_40_state_family_2010.asp |archive-date=February 9, 2014 }}</ref>

According to the Pew Research Center in 2014, the majority of Oklahoma's religious adherents remained Christian accounting for 79% of the population, 9 percent higher than the national average.<ref name="Pew2014national" /> The percentage of Evangelical Protestants declined since the last study, but they remain the largest religious group in the state at 47% over 20 percent higher than the national average.<ref name="Pew2014national">{{cite web |title=Religious Landscape Study- Religions |url=https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/ |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref> The largest growth over the six years between Pew's 2008 and 2014 survey was in the number of people who identify as [[irreligious|unaffiliated]] in the state with an increase of 6% of the total population.

By the 2020 [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s survey, 73% of the population were Christian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-OK |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=ava.prri.org |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161714/https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-OK |url-status=dead }}</ref> Evangelicalism made up 29% of the state population, followed by [[Mainline Protestant]]ism at 19%. [[Black church|Historically and predominantly African-American]] and Latino churches collectively made up 8% of the religious demographic. An estimated 13% of the state's religious population were Roman Catholic. About 22% of the population had no religious affiliation.

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ '''Religious affiliation in Oklahoma'''
|-
! Religion 
! 2008<ref name="religion" />{{efn|Determined by a survey by the Pew Research Center in 2008. Percentages represent claimed religious beliefs, not necessarily membership in any particular congregation. Figures have a ±5{{nbsp}}percent margin of error.<ref name="religion2"/>}}  
! 2014<ref name="Pew2014">{{cite web |title=Adults in Oklahoma Religious composition of adults in Oklahoma |url=https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/oklahoma/ |website=pewforum.org |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] Protestant||  53% || 47%
|-
| [[Mainline Protestant]] || 16% || 18%
|-
| Historically [[Black Protestant]] || 3% || 4%
|-
| [[Catholic]] || 12%  || 8%
|-
| [[Mormon]]|| <0.5% || 1%
|-
| [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|Orthodox Christianity]] || <0.5% || <1%
|-
| [[Jehovah's Witness]] || <0.5% || <1%
|-
| Other [[Christians]] || 1% || <1%
|-
| [[Jewish]] || 1% || <1%
|-
| [[Muslim]] || <0.5% || <1%
|-
| [[Buddhist]] || 1% || <1%
|- 
| [[Hindu]] || <0.5% || <1%
|- 
| Other World Faiths ||<0.5% || <1%
|-
| [[irreligious|Unaffiliated]], [[Atheist]], [[Agnostic]], and nothing in particular || 12% || 18%
|-
|[[Unitarianism|Unitarians]], [[Humanists]], [[Deists]], [[Spiritual but not religious]], [[Eclecticism|Eclectic]], and "other liberal faiths" ||  No data || <1%
|-
|[[New Age religion]], [[Paganism|Pagans]] or [[Wiccan]] || No data || <1%
|-
| [[Native American religions]] || No data || <1%
|-
| Don't Know || 1% || 1%
|}