Hoover Library: *Religious Studies: Religion Statistics

General Information Websites

APIS: Advanced Papyrological Information System
"APIS is a collections-based repository hosting information about and images of papyrological materials (e.g. papyri, ostraca, wood tablets, etc) located in collections around the world."
Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
Quantitative data sets, mostly from surveys, for the study of American religion.
Investigating Atheism
University of Cambridge. "The purpose of this site is to set these contemporary 'God Wars' in their historical context, and to offer a range of perspectives (from all sides) on the chief issues raised by the 'new atheists'. We hope this will encourage more informed opinion about the issues, discourage oversimplification of the debate, and deepen the interest in the subject."
NOTE : This site was last updated in 2013 and some links to resources may not work.
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
PRRI
PRRI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization conducting independent research at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics.
Virtual Religion Index
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

The following sites collect statistics about religions and social trends associated with religion:

Adherents.com
Statistics of denominations and religions around the world.
The Association of Religion Data (ARD) Archives
Over 650 data files, graphs and maps spanning decades that show adherence, church membership and religious beliefs for denominations and religious groups nationally as well as internationally.
Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Reports, research and statistics on U.S. religion and congregations.
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Examines a wide range of current issues and American society, and explores the role that religion has in world affairs. Contains survey results, demographic analyses and social science research.
2010 U.S. Religion Census
Religious congregations and membership studies from the 2010 census showing church membership by county and denomination as well as other statistics and analytical reports on special groups.
Statista
Statista.com is a statistics portal that integrates data on over 80.000 topics from over 18.000 sources onto a single platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.