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===Religion===
{{see also|Religion in the United States Virgin Islands}}
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[[Christianity]] is the dominant religion in the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to Pew Research Center, 94.8% of the population was Christian in 2010.<ref name="Pew Research-2016"/> The largest Christian denominations in the 2010 census were [[Baptist]],  [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |date=2015 |title=Virgin Islands Demographics |url=http://www.vimovingcenter.com/statistics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217170817/http://www.vimovingcenter.com/statistics/ |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |access-date=February 18, 2017 |website=VI Moving Center |quote=Resource: 2010 United States Census of Population and Housing}}</ref>

Owing to both their Danish past and American present, [[Protestantism]] on the islands has long been widespread. It was first introduced when [[Lutheranism]] was brought to the islands in the Danish colonization. The Danish crown also allowed other religious traditions on the islands including [[Anglicanism]], [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], the [[Moravian Church]] and other Protestant groups.<ref name="Kenneth Scott Latourette 1961 pp 278–79">Kenneth Scott Latourette, ''Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, III: The Nineteenth Century Outside Europe: The Americas, the Pacific, Asia and Africa.'' (1961) pp 278–79</ref> Historically, St. Thomas and St. Croix are known for missionary efforts undertaken by the [[Moravian missionaries]]. They were allowed on the islands by the Danish royal court, but came under scrutiny when they denounced [[slavery]].<ref name="Kenneth Scott Latourette 1961 pp 278–79" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hastings |first1=S. U. |title=Seedtime and Harvest: A Brief History of the Moravian Church in Jamaica 1754–1979 |last2=MacLeavey |first2=B. L. |publisher=[[Moravian Church]] |year=1979 |location=Kingston (Jamaica) |oclc=10506410 |author-link=S. U. Hastings}}</ref>{{page needed|date=March 2018}} A number of neo-Protestant traditions including [[Pentecostalism]], various [[evangelical Protestants]] and the [[Seventh-day Adventists]] arrived later with the switch of allegiance from Denmark to the United States.

There is also a strong Catholic presence. [[Rastafari]] is also prevalent. St. Thomas is home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Western Hemisphere, as [[Sephardi Jews]] began to settle the island in the 18th century as traders and merchants. The [[St. Thomas Synagogue]] in Charlotte Amalie is the second-oldest synagogue on American soil, and oldest in terms of continuous usage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center of the Virgin Islands – Your Soul Resort In America's paradise |url=http://www.jewishvirginislands.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127161641/http://www.jewishvirginislands.com/ |archive-date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=December 13, 2012 |publisher=Jewishvirginislands.com}}</ref> [[Hinduism]] and Islam are practiced by the [[Indo-Caribbean]] and [[Indian American|Indian]] (mostly [[Sindhis|Sindhi Indian]]) population. There is one [[Hindu temple]] in La Grande Princesse, St. Croix, and another in Frenchman's Bay, St. Thomas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stcroixsource.com/2011/07/11/faith-matters-hinduism-usvi/ | title=Faith Matters: Hinduism in the U.S.V.I. | date=July 11, 2011 | access-date=October 9, 2022 | archive-date=October 9, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009000802/https://stcroixsource.com/2011/07/11/faith-matters-hinduism-usvi/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite court|litigants=Shree Ram Naya Sabha, Inc. v. Hendricks|court=D.V.I.|reporter=VI|vol=19|opinion=216|date=July 14, 1982|url=https://cite.case.law/vi/19/216/}}</ref> There is also a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple located on the island of St. Thomas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nirvanatemple.org/about_us.html|title=Nirvana Temple - About Us|website=nirvanatemple.org|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref>