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Religion in Oregon (2014)[1]

  Protestantism (43%)
  Roman Catholicism (12%)
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (4%)
  Eastern Orthodoxy (1%)
  Other Christian (1%)
  No religion (31%)
  Judaism (2%)
  Islam (1%)
  Other religion (4%)
  Don't know (1%)
Oregon City Methodist Church, the first in Oregon
The Portland Oregon Temple is a The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are the second largest religious denomination in Oregon and many influential Latter-Day Saints have came from Oregon including US Senator Gordon H. Smith, Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, Deputy Secretary of State Rich Vial, Professional Basketball player Danny Ainge, and State Representative Tom Butler.

Religion in the state of Oregon is remarkable in the United States, with its population ranking among the highest of religiously unaffiliated adults in the entire nation. According to a 2014 report by the Pew Research Center, 31% of Oregon's population was religiously unaffiliated,[a] making it the second-highest percentage after that of Vermont.[2]

Of the Oregon residents who do identify as religiously-affiliated, the largest denomination is Roman Catholicism, which makes up approximately 14% of the state's overall population.

  1. ^ Adults in Oregon, Pew Research Center
  2. ^ a b "The Unaffiliated". Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  3. ^ Cox, Daniel; Jones, Robert P. (September 6, 2017). "America's Changing Religious Identity". Public Religion Research Institute. Retrieved December 28, 2017.


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