The long-standing decline in Christianity in the United States may be slowing down and leveling, suggests a poll released Wednesday by Pew's research study.
Pew Religious Scene Study Showed 62% of poll respondents identified as Christians, while 29% were not religiously related.
upi Report “After years of decline, Christian share of the population has been relatively stable since 2019,” Pew said in an executive summary of the poll results.
Polls found that Christianity's share of the US adult population between 2019 and 2024 was covered between 60% and 64%. The UPI Report further states:
The decline of American Christianity had been happening since 2007 before it was levelled in this poll.
In an action statement, Pew said: “The latest RLS, which spans over seven months between 2023 and 24, found that 62% of US adults identify as Christians, a 9% point decline since 2014 and a 16% decrease since 2007.”
Of those who said they were Christians in the vote, 40% were identified as Protestant, 19% were Catholic and 3% were other Christians.
Currently, 7.1% of people belong to non-Christian religions.
In particular, Muslims and Buddhists achieved a percentage of population above 1% for the first time, at 1.2% and 1.1%, respectively. Hindus are approaching 0.9%, while Jews make up the largest non-Christian religion at 1.7%.
On the other hand, the number of religiously unrelated Americans, often referred to as “nones,” is leveled to 29%.
This group includes atheists, agnostic theories, and people who do not follow a particular faith.
“One driver of the long-term trend is a “generational replacement,” Pew said in a statement. It is old, very religious, and a Christian generation has died. The younger generations who succeed their success are less Christian and the “non” percentage is far less religious. ”
