Share of U.S. adults who call themselves evangelical
Percent of U.S. adults who accept the evangelical label, 2006 (in percent)
Key finding
- Share of U.S. adults who call themselves evangelical: 38%. 38% of the population accepts the label evangelical when asked directly
Source: Barna Group, Survey Explores Who Qualifies As an Evangelical · Barna Group survey of self-defined evangelicals; margin of sampling error ±3.5 points at the 95% confidence level. Article published 2023-12-28.
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Share of U.S. adults who call themselves evangelical: 38%. 38% of the population accepts the label evangelical when asked directly.
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Barna Group, 2006. Source: Barna Group, Survey Explores Who Qualifies As an Evangelical (https://www.barna.com/research/survey-explores-who-qualifies-as-an-evangelical/).
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