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Recent statistics on black evangelicals and America’s non-Christian populations.

4%   Black evangelicals who identified as Republicans in the early 1990s.

8%   Black evangelicals who identified as Republicans in 2007.

Source: Pew Research Center

53%   African Americans who say that blacks who don’t get ahead are mainly responsible for their situation.

30%   African Americans who say that racial discrimination is mainly to blame.

58%   African Americans who blamed racial discrimination in 1995.

15%   Whites who say that racial discrimination is mainly to blame.

Source: Pew Research Center

3:1   Ratio of Jews to Muslims in the U.S.

7:6   Ratio of Buddhists to Muslims.

3.4%   Americans who identify as Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindu.

Source: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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