In the 'USA Today' today Americans who said they were Protestant was around 62% from 1972 until 1993, according to the General Social Survey, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.
"Then the number fell steadily to 52% in 2002,
survey director Tom Smith says."
Article said that RC @ 25% and Jewish @ 2% continues and the % for other religions are on rise.
"• A steep rise in the number of people who said they currently have
no religion: 14% in 2002, up from 9% in 1992. It's even higher for
younger people: Among those born in 1980 or later, 27% said they
have no religion. 'Each succeeding group is less religious than the
preceding,' Smith says. "
With the 'LDS' growing rapidly, and the feeling among many religious groups that Mormons or other American 'cults' are not Protestants, or even Christian, the majority status of so called Protestants may have already passed.
Those trends should make some people happy and others start arguing about the definitions