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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

70% Christian, 3% Atheist, 1% Muslim, 2% Jewish... WTF are the other 24%? Don't tell me there are that many Buddhist/Hindu/Shinto/etc. folks here! Something's not adding up.