Non-religious surge in United States
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According to the Pew Research Centre, the number of Americans who identify as non-religious is soaring in the profoundly Christian U.S., with about three in 10 adults religiously unaffiliated
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U.S. adults’ religious identity (figures rounded)

2007 
Protestants* 52% 
Catholics 24% 
Mormon 2% 
Orthodox 
Christians 1%


Six in 10 Protestants identify as born-again Christians

79%
Christianity
64%

2021
Protestants 40% 
Catholics 21% 
Mormon 2% 
Orthodox 
Christians 1%

16%
2007: Christians outnumber “no-religion” by almost five-to-one
No religion 
29%

5%
Other religion
2021: Christians outnumber “no-religion” by just over two-to-one
6%

2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
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*Includes nondenominational Christians, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians and other denominational families
2021 National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) conducted
among 3,937 respondents from May 29 to Aug 25, 2021. Margin of error: ±2.1%

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