The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY Metro Area is home to a large and diverse population of people with many different religious backgrounds. Within this metropolitan area there are countless churches, temples, mosques, and other places of worship that serve the spiritual needs of its residents. From historic Catholic cathedrals to modern nondenominational congregations, the New York-Newark-Jersey City region houses a wide variety of religious communities. Whether one's faith is Evangelical Protestant or Buddhist, Hindu or Unitarian Universalist, there are spiritual homes available to all who seek them out in this culturally rich and religiously pluralistic area.
56.1% of the people in New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area are religious:
- 1.7% are Baptist
- 0.8% are Episcopalian
- 38.2% are Catholic
- 0.8% are Lutheran
- 1.4% are Methodist
- 0.9% are Pentecostal
- 1.1% are Presbyterian
- 0.4% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 2.7% are another Christian faith
- 4.8% are Judaism
- 0.8% are an eastern faith
- 2.3% affilitates with Islam
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.