Alabama is a southern US State. It is 86% Christian (78% Protestant and 7% Catholic). Alabama is part of the Bible Belt, in which evangelicals and fundamentalists are predominant. There is a strong Catholic presence along the Gulf Coast.
Religious affiliation in Alabama (2014)[1]
| Affiliation
|
% of population
|
| Christian
|
86
|
86
|
| Protestant
|
78
|
78
|
| Evangelical Protestant
|
49
|
49
|
| Mainline Protestant
|
13
|
13
|
| Black church
|
16
|
16
|
| Catholic
|
7
|
7
|
| Mormon
|
1
|
1
|
| Jehovah's Witnesses
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
| Eastern Orthodox
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
| Other Christian
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
| Unaffiliated
|
12
|
12
|
| Nothing in particular
|
9
|
9
|
| Agnostic
|
1
|
1
|
| Atheist
|
1
|
1
|
| Non-Christian faiths
|
1
|
1
|
| Jewish
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
| Muslim
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
| Buddhist
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
| Hindu
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
| Other Non-Christian faiths
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
| Don't know/refused answer
|
1
|
1
|
| Total |
100
|
100
|