 Baptists in the United States

There are about 50 million self-professed Baptists in the United States who make up a significant portion of evangelicals in the United States and approximately one third of all Protestants in the United States; at the same time this also makes them the second largest religious grouping following Roman Catholics in the United States.About 14.5 million Baptists belong to congregations affiliated with Southern Baptist Convention, the largest such confederation of Baptists.