New York City

=== Religion ===
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Largely as a result of Western European [[missionary]] work and [[colonialism]], [[Christianity]] is the largest religion (59% adherent) in New York City,<ref name="NYCReligion1">{{cite web |first = Michael |last = Lipka |url = http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/29/major-u-s-metropolitan-areas-differ-in-their-religious-profiles/ |title = Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles |publisher = [[Pew Research Center]] |date = July 29, 2015 |access-date = July 30, 2015 }}</ref> which is home to the highest number of [[church (building)|churches]] of any city in the world.<ref name="NYCTheCapitaloftheWorld"/> [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] is the largest Christian denomination (33%), followed by [[Protestantism]] (23%), and [[List of Christian denominations|other Christian denominations]] (3%). The Roman Catholic population are primarily served by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn|Diocese of Brooklyn]]. [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholics]] are divided into numerous jurisdictions throughout the city. [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestantism]] is the largest branch of Protestantism in the city (9%), followed by [[Mainline Protestant]]ism (8%), while the converse is usually true for other cities and metropolitan areas.<ref name="NYCReligion2">{{Cite web |title = Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics |url = https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/ |access-date = July 11, 2020 |website = [[Pew Research Center]]'s Religion & Public Life Project |language = en-US }}</ref>

[[American Jews|Judaism]], the [[Jews in New York City|second-largest religion practiced in New York City]], with approximately 1.6&nbsp;million adherents as of 2022, represents [[Jewish population by city|the largest Jewish community of any city in the world]], greater than the combined totals of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.<ref name=NYCWorldsLargestJewishPopulation>{{cite web |title = Transcript: Mayor Eric Adams Discusses Coordinated Efforts That Stopped Potential Attack on Jewish Community |url = https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/855-22/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-coordinated-efforts-stopped-potential-attack-jewish |access-date = November 24, 2022 |date = November 21, 2022 |publisher = City of New York |quote = New York City is home to 1.6 million Jews, the largest Jewish population of any city in the world. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 Comprehensive Report |url = http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/bitstream/88435/dsp01w3763682c/1/JCSNY2011_ComprehensiveReport.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211116155929/https://dataspace.princeton.edu/bitstream/88435/dsp01w3763682c/1/JCSNY2011_ComprehensiveReport.pdf |access-date = August 13, 2014 |archive-date = November 16, 2021 |publisher = [[UJA-Federation of New York]] |url-status = dead }}</ref> Nearly half of the city's Jews live in Brooklyn.<ref name="BrooklynJewish">{{cite news |last = Weichselbaum |first = Simone |date = June 26, 2012 |title = Nearly one in four Brooklyn residents are Jews, new study finds |newspaper = [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location = New York |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-residents-jews-new-study-finds-article-1.1100080 |url-status = live |access-date = May 30, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180704130656/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-residents-jews-new-study-finds-article-1.1100080 |archive-date = July 4, 2018 }}</ref><ref name=BrookynTheMostJewishSpotOnEarth>{{Cite web |first = Hilary |last = Danailova |date = January 11, 2018 |title = Brooklyn, the Most Jewish Spot on Earth |url = https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2018/01/11/brooklyn-jewish-spot-earth/ |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = [[Hadassah Magazine]] |language = en-US }}</ref> The ethno-religious population makes up 18.4% of the city and its religious demographic makes up 8%.<ref>{{cite web |first = Josh |last = Nathan-Kazis |date = June 12, 2012 |title = N.Y. Jewish Population Grows to 1.5M: Study |url = http://www.forward.com/articles/157654/ny-jewish-population-grows-to-m-study/ |work = [[The Forward]] |access-date = November 21, 2021 }}</ref>

[[Islam]] ranks as the third-largest religion in New York City, following Christianity and Judaism, with estimates ranging between 600,000 and 1,000,000 observers of Islam, including 10% of the city's public school children.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Grynbaum |first1 = Michael M. |last2 = Otterman |first2 = Sharon |date = March 4, 2015 |title = New York City Adds 2 Muslim Holy Days to Public School Calendar |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/nyregion/new-york-to-add-two-muslim-holy-days-to-public-school-calendar.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news |access-date = March 4, 2015 }}</ref> 22.3% of [[Islam in the United States|American Muslims]] live in New York City, with 1.5 million Muslims in the greater [[New York metropolitan area]], representing the largest metropolitan Muslim population in the [[Western Hemisphere]]<ref>{{Cite web |title = An Impact Report of Muslim Contributions to New York City |url = https://www.ispu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/MAP-NY-Key-Findings-Web.pdf |access-date = May 17, 2021 |website = Institute for Social Policy and Understanding }}</ref>—and the most [[ethnically diverse]] Muslim population of any city in the world.<ref name=NYCMostDiverseMuslimPopulationWorld>{{Cite web |date = February 29, 2016 |title = Muslims in Metro New York (Part 2) – Specific Muslim Group Estimates |url = https://globalgates.info/resources-information/muslims-in-metro-new-york-part-2-specific-muslim-group-estimates/ |access-date = September 16, 2022 |website = Global Gates |language = en-US }}</ref> [[Powers Street Mosque]] in Brooklyn is one of the oldest continuously operating mosques in the U.S., and represents the first Islamic organization in both the city and the state of New York.<ref>{{Cite web |first = Tharik |last = Hussain |title = How America's oldest mosque was built by Muslims from the Baltic |url = https://www.baltictimes.com/how_america___s_oldest_mosque_was_built_by_muslims_from_the_baltic/ |date = May 19, 2016 |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = www.baltictimes.com |publisher = [[The Baltic Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first = Zuha |last = Siddiqui |date = December 26, 2018 |title = America's Oldest Surviving Mosque Is in Williamsburg |url = https://bedfordandbowery.com/2018/12/americas-oldest-surviving-mosque-is-in-williamsburg/ |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = Bedford + Bowery |language = en-US }}</ref>

Following these three largest religious groups in New York City are [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], and others. As of 2023, 24% of Greater New Yorkers identified with no organized religious affiliation, and 4% were self-identified [[atheist]]s.<ref name=NYCReligion3>{{cite web |url = https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/new-york-city-metro-area/ |title = Religious composition of adults in the New York City metropolitan area |publisher = [[Pew Research Center]] |access-date = February 1, 2023 }}</ref>