Editing Colorado (section)

===Religion===
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| caption = Religious self-identification, per [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2022 ''American Values Survey''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=February 24, 2023 |title=2022 American Values Atlas: Religious Tradition |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2022/States/religion/m/US-CO |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[Public Religion Research Institute]]}}</ref>
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Major religious affiliations of the people of Colorado as of 2014 were 64% Christian, of whom there are 44% Protestant, 16% [[Roman Catholicism in the United States|Roman Catholic]], 3% [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormon]], and 1% [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Adkins |first=Amy |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/167120/mississippi-alabama-protestant-states.aspx |title=Mississippi and Alabama Most Protestant States in U.S. |website=Gallup.com |date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> Other religious breakdowns according to the Pew Research Center were 1% [[Judaism]], 1% [[Muslim]], 1% [[Buddhist]], and 4% other. [[Secularity|Secular]] Coloradans made up 29% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religions.pewforum.org/maps |title=Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics &#124; Pew Research Center |website=Religions.pewforum.org |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> In 2020, according to the Public Religion Research Institute, Christianity was 66% of the population. Judaism was also reported to have increased in this separate study, forming 2% of the religious landscape, while the religiously unaffiliated were reported to form 28% of the population in this separate study.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-CO |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=ava.prri.org}}</ref> In 2022, the same organization reported 61% was Christian (39% Protestant, 19% Catholic, 2% [[Mormons|Mormon]], 1% [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]]), 2% [[New Age]], 1% Jewish, 1% Hindu, and 34% religiously unaffiliated.

According to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]], the largest Christian denominations by the number of adherents in 2010 were the [[Catholic Church]] with 811,630; multi-denominational Evangelical Protestants with 229,981; and [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] with 151,433.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/08/rcms2010_08_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives &#124; State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209214139/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/08/rcms2010_08_state_adh_2010.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2020, the Association of Religion Data Archives determined the largest Christian denominations were Catholics (873,236), non/multi/inter-denominational Protestants (406,798), and Mormons (150,509).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Congregational Membership |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=1&c=08 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=www.thearda.com}}</ref> Throughout its non-Christian population, there were 12,500 [[Hinduism in the United States|Hindus]], 7,101 [[Yoga|Hindu Yogis]], and 17,369 [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhists]] at the 2020 study.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church was the first permanent Catholic parish in modern-day Colorado and was constructed by Spanish colonists from New Mexico in modern-day [[Conejos, Colorado|Conejos]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04733c.htm|encyclopedia=[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]|title=Denver|publisher=NewAdvent.org|first=William|last=Howlett|date=1908|access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref> [[Latin Church]] Catholics are served by three dioceses: the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver|Archdiocese of Denver]] and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs|Dioceses of Colorado Springs]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo|Pueblo]].

The first permanent settlement by members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colorado]] arrived from Mississippi and initially camped along the Arkansas River just east of the present-day site of Pueblo.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://churchofjesuschristcolorado.com/your-colorado-church-history-tour/|title= Your Colorado Church History Tour|access-date=March 24, 2021|date=March 24, 2020|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colorado}}</ref>