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===Religion=== [[File:Idaho Falls Temple.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Idaho Falls Idaho Temple]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], 2006]] {{Pie chart | thumb = right | caption = Religious self-identification, per [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2022 ''American Values Survey''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=February 24, 2023 |title=American Values Atlas: Religious Tradition in Idaho|url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-ID|access-date=2023-04-04 |website=[[Public Religion Research Institute]]}}</ref> | label1 = [[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]] | value1 = 37 | color1 = Blue | label2 = [[Mormonism]] | value2 = 24 | color2 = Lightblue | label3 = [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholicism]] | value3 = 9 | color3 = Purple | label4 = [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] | value4 = 2 | color4 = Teal | label5 = [[Irreligion in the United States|Unaffiliated]] | value5 = 26 | color5 = White | label6 = [[New Age]] | value6 = 3 | color6 = Red }} According to the [[Pew Research Center]] on Religion & Public Life, the self-identified religious affiliations of Idahoans over the age of 18 in 2008 and 2014 were: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Denomination ! 2008<ref>{{cite web | publisher = [[Pew Research Center]] | url = http://www.pewforum.org/files/2013/05/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf | title = Religious Landscape Study, february 2008 | access-date = April 12, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170417032920/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2013/05/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf | archive-date = April 17, 2017 | url-status = dead}}</ref> ! 2014<ref>{{cite web | publisher = [[Pew Research Center]] | url = http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/idaho/ | title = Religious Landscape Study | access-date = April 12, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170427093723/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/idaho/ | archive-date = April 27, 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher = [[Pew Research Center]] | url = http://www.pewforum.org/about-the-religious-landscape-study/ | title = About the Religious Landscape Study | access-date = April 12, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170428055903/http://www.pewforum.org/about-the-religious-landscape-study/ | archive-date = April 28, 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref> |- | '''Christian, including:''' | align=center|'''81%''' | align=center|'''67%''' |- | * [[Evangelical Protestant]] | align=center|22% | align=center|21% |- | * [[Mainline Protestant]] | align=center|16% | align=center|16% |- | * [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] | align=center|18% | align=center|10% |- | * [[Eastern Orthodox]] | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|1% |- | * [[Black church|Historically Black Protestant]] | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|< 1% |- | * [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] | align=center|23% | align=center|19% |- | * [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] | align=center|1% | align=center|< 1% |- | * Other Christian | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|< 1% |- | '''Unaffiliated, including:''' | align=center|'''18%''' | align=center|'''27%''' |- | * Nothing in particular | align=center|n/d | align=center|22% |- | * [[Agnostic]] | align=center|n/d | align=center|3% |- | * [[Atheist]] | align=center|n/d | align=center|2% |- | '''Non-Christian faiths, including:''' | align=center|'''n/d''' | align=center|'''4%''' |- | * Muslim | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|1% |- | * [[Judaism|Jewish]] | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|< 1% |- | * Buddhist | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|< 1% |- | * Hindu | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|< 1% |- | * Other world religions | align=center|< 0.5% | align=center|< 1% |- | * Other faiths ([[New Age]], [[Native American religion|Native American]], etc.) | align=center|n/d | align=center|2% |- | '''Don't know/refused''' | align=center|'''< 0.5%''' | align=center|'''1%''' |} According to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]], the largest denominations by number of members in 2010 were [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Idaho|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] with 409,265; the [[Catholic Church]] with 123,400; the non-denominational Protestants with 62,637; and the [[Assemblies of God USA|Assemblies of God]] with 22,183.<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web|year=2010|url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/16/rcms2010_16_state_adh_2010.asp|website=Data Archives|title=State Membership Report|publisher=The Arda|access-date=November 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112161301/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/16/rcms2010_16_state_adh_2010.asp|archive-date=November 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2020, the Association of Religion Data Archives revealed Mormons remained the largest with 462,069, followed by Catholics (203,790), and non-denominational Protestantism (98,996).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Congregational Membership |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=1&c=16 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=www.thearda.com}}</ref> In 2022, the Public Religion Research Institute's ''American Values Survey'' estimated altogether, 72% of the population was Christian, 26% were religiously unaffiliated, and 3% were New Agers. Of its Christian population, 37% were Protestant, 24% Mormon, 9% Catholic, and 2% [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].
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