NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Southern Baptists make up nearly 7 percent of the United States adult population, according to a new Pew study that also shows evangelicals outnumbering mainline church members and Catholics.

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey was released Feb. 25 and was based on interviews with 35,000 Americans. It showed that 6.7 percent of American adults say they are Southern Baptist, which makes it the largest represented non-Catholic denomination in the survey. Adults affiliated with the United Methodist Church are 5.1 percent of the population, while every other denomination makes up 2 percent or less of the population.

Evangelicals in America – of which Southern Baptists are a sub-set – comprise 26.3 percent of adults and outnumber Catholics and mainline Protestants (18.1 percent). For more information see related story on page 18.