The 118th Congress, set to begin in 2021, is overwhelmingly Christian, according to a new report from Pew Research Center.
Out of the incoming Congress, 88% identify as Christian, compared to 63% of the general U.S. population.
The data also showed that the lawmakers are more likely to be Protestant, with 57% identifying as such compared to 40% of the general population.
Catholics make up 28% of the incoming Congress, while only 21% of the U.S. population identifies as Catholic.
Despite a decades-long decline in the number of Americans identifying as Christian, the percentage of Christian lawmakers in Congress has remained relatively stable, with 91% identifying as such in 1979-1980 and 88% today.
By party affiliation, 99% of incoming Republican Congress members are Christian, compared to 76% of Democrats.
The only current member of Congress who identifies as religiously unaffiliated is Senator Kyrsten Sinema, while 20 members declined to provide information about their religious affiliations.
Some minority faiths, including Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists, are equally represented in Congress as they are in the general population, making up about 1% or less of each group.
