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46.4% of the people in Fairfax County are religious:
- 3.5% are Baptist
- 1.7% are Episcopalian
- 18.0% are Catholic
- 1.6% are Lutheran
- 5.1% are Methodist
- 0.7% are Pentecostal
- 2.0% are Presbyterian
- 1.6% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 5.0% are another Christian faith
- 0.5% are Judaism
- 1.6% are an eastern faith
- 4.8% affilitates with Islam
DID YOU KNOW
According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.