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In 2014, the [[Pew Research Center]] released a study of New York's religious population, which found that majority, 60%, are [[Christianity|Christian]]. Christians are followed by the irreligious (27%), [[Judaism]] (7%), [[Islam]] (2%), [[Eastern religions|Buddhism and Hinduism]] (1% each), and other faiths (0.5%).<ref name="Pew-2020">{{Cite web|title=Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics|url=https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/|access-date=July 7, 2020|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project}}</ref> Through another study by the [[Public Religion Research Institute]] in 2020, the majority of New York's religious or spiritual population were 67% Christian, followed by the irreligious (22%), Judaism (4%), Islam (2%), Buddhism and Hinduism (1% each), and other faiths (1%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-NY |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=ava.prri.org}}</ref>
Prior to the 1800s, [[Protestantism|Protestant]] sects dominated the religious life of New York, although religion did not play as large a role in the public life of colonial-era [[New Netherland]] as it did in [[New England]], with its Puritan population.<ref name="www.city-data.com">{{cite web|title=Religions|url=http://www.city-data.com/states/New-York-Religions.html|access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref> Historically, New York served as the foundation for [[Burned-over district|new Christian denominations]] in the [[Second Great Awakening]]. Non-Western Christian traditions and non-Christian religions did not grow for much of the state's history because immigration was predominantly from [[Western Europe]] (favored by the quotas in federal immigration law). The [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]] removed the quotas, allowing for the growth of other religious groups.
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