In Nashville, Tennessee, 38 percent of the population identifies as white evangelical Protestant, 17 percent of residents identify as white mainline Protestant, 12 percent of the population is made up of black Protestants, one percent is Hispanic Protestant and another one percent is made up of non-white Protestants that don't fit into any of the above groups. With 69 percent of its population identified with Protestantism, Nashville tops the list of most Protestant U.S. cities.
New analysis from the the Public Religion Research Institute ranks the largest religious groups in the 30 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Catholics and the religiously unaffiliated vie for biggest faith-related population in many of cities, with Protestants coming closesly behind.
Scroll through to see the cities where the largest share of the population is Protestant.
Protestant Population of Major U.S. Cities
Correction: a previous version of this article did not count the full range of Protestant racial and ethnic groups in the Public Religion Research Institute's data in order to come to its rankings. The story and slideshow have been updated to reflect a more accurate ranking of the most Protestant cities.