United States

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in the United States|Irreligion in the United States}}
{{See also|List of religious movements that began in the United States}}
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Religious affiliation in the U.S., according to a 2022 [[Gallup, Inc.|Gallup]] poll:<ref name="auto1"/>
| label1 = [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]
| value1 = 34
| color1 = DarkBlue
| label2 = [[Catholicism in the United States|Catholicism]]
| value2 = 23
| color2 = Blue
| label3 = [[Christianity in the United States|Non-specific Christian]]
| value3 = 11
| color3 = SkyBlue
| label4 = [[Mormonism in the United States|Mormonism]]
| value4 = 2
| color4 = #468fEA
| label5 = [[Judaism in the United States|Judaism]]
| value5 = 2
| color5 = Pink
| label6 = [[Religion in the United States|Other religions]]
| value6 = 6
| color6 = Green
| label7 = [[Irreligion in the United States|Unaffiliated]]
| value7 = 21
| color7 = White
| label8 = Unanswered
| value8 = 1
| color8 = Black
}}
The [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] guarantees the [[Free Exercise Clause|free exercise of religion]] and forbids Congress from passing laws respecting [[Establishment Clause|its establishment]].<ref name="Donadio-2021">{{Cite web |last=Donadio |first=Rachel |date=November 22, 2021 |title=Why Is France So Afraid of God? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/france-god-religion-secularism/620528/ |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=First Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/#:~:text=Congress%20shall%20make%20no%20law,for%20a%20redress%20of%20grievances. |work=Constitution Annotated |publisher=[[United States Congress]]}}</ref> Religious practice is widespread, among [[List of countries ranked by ethnic and cultural diversity level|the most diverse in the world]],<ref name="alesina1">{{cite journal |last=Alesina |first=Alberto |display-authors=etal |year=2003 |title=Fractionalization |url=http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/alesina/files/fractionalization.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Journal of Economic Growth |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=155–194 |doi=10.1023/a:1024471506938 |s2cid=260685524 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831221230/http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/alesina/files/fractionalization.pdf |archive-date=August 31, 2012 |access-date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> and profoundly vibrant.<ref name="pewreligion">{{cite web |last=Fahmy |first=Dalia |date=July 31, 2018 |title=Americans are far more religious than adults in other wealthy nations |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/31/americans-are-far-more-religious-than-adults-in-other-wealthy-nations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109160911/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/31/americans-are-far-more-religious-than-adults-in-other-wealthy-nations/ |archive-date=January 9, 2020 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |work=Pew Research Center }}</ref> The country has the world's [[Christianity by country|largest Christian]] population.<ref name="Global Christianity">{{cite web|author=ANALYSIS|url=https://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Global-Christianity-exec.aspx|title=Global Christianity|publisher=Pewforum.org|date=December 19, 2011|access-date=August 17, 2012|archive-date=July 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730062627/http://www.pewforum.org/christian/global-christianity-exec.aspx|url-status=dead }}</ref> A [[Jewish population by country|majority of the global Jewish population]] lives in the United States, as measured by the [[Law of Return]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite book |last=DellaPergola |first=Sergio |title=American Jewish Year Book 2020 |chapter=World Jewish Population, 2020 |date=2022 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-78706-6_7/tables/14 |url-status=live |language=en |volume=120 |pages=273–370 |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-78706-6_7 |isbn=978-3-030-78705-9 |s2cid=245642037 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520051424/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-78706-6_7 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref> Other notable faiths include [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], many [[New Age]] movements, and [[Native American religions]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sewell |first=Elizabeth |title=The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |year=2010 |isbn=9780199892228 |editor-last=Davis |editor-first=Derek |pages=249–275 |chapter=Religious Liberty and Religious Minorities in the United States}}</ref> Religious practice varies significantly by region.<ref name="Williams-2023">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Daniel |date=March 1, 2023 |title='Christian America' Isn't Dying. It's Dividing. |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/february-web-only/christianity-america-pew-research-statistics-minority.html |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=[[Christianity Today]] |language=en}}</ref> "[[Ceremonial deism]]" is common in American culture.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Merriam |first1=Jesse |last2=Lupu |first2=Ira |last3=Elwood |first3=F |last4=Davis |first4=Eleanor |date=August 28, 2008 |title=On Ceremonial Occasions, May the Government Invoke a Deity? |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/08/28/on-ceremonial-occasions-may-the-government-invoke-a-deity/ |access-date=March 31, 2023 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |language=en-US}}</ref>

The overwhelming majority of [[Americans]] believe in a [[Higher Power|higher power]] or spiritual force, engage in [[spiritual practice]]s such as prayer, and consider themselves religious or [[Spirituality|spiritual]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kallo |display-authors=etal |first=Becka|date=2023-12-07 |title=Spirituality Among Americans |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/12/07/spirituality-among-americans/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Froese |first1=Paul |last2=Uecker |first2=Jeremy E. |date=September 2022 |title=Prayer in America: A Detailed Analysis of the Various Dimensions of Prayer |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jssr.12810 |journal=Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |language=en |volume=61 |issue=3–4 |pages=663–689 |doi=10.1111/jssr.12810 |s2cid=253439298 |issn=0021-8294}}</ref> In the "[[Bible Belt]]", located within the Southern United States, [[Evangelicalism|evangelical Protestantism]] plays a significant role culturally, whereas [[New England]] and the Western United States tend [[Unchurched Belt|to be more secular]].<ref name="Williams-2023" /> [[Mormonism]]—a [[Restorationism|Restorationist]] movement, whose members migrated westward from Missouri and Illinois under the leadership of [[Brigham Young]] in 1847 after the assassination of [[Joseph Smith]]{{sfn|Howe|2008|pp=727–728}}—remains the predominant religion in Utah to this day.<ref>{{cite web|website=World Population Review|title=Mormon Population by State|date=June 2023|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/mormon-population-by-state}}</ref>