Do you know …

• The U.S. is steadily becoming less Christian and less religiously observant as the share of adults who are not religious grows.
• The growth in the religiously unaffiliated is most pronounced among young adults.
• There is a large generation gap with Silent Generation, Baby Boomers and Generation X who predominantly identify as Christian, and Millennials who do not.
• There is a slight growth in share of those who identify with non-Christian faiths (Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and people who describe themselves as “spiritual”).
• Women are more religious than men, but both are growing less religious.
• Catholic losses have been most pronounced in the Northeast; Protestants, in the South.
• These trends hold across demographic groups, regions of the country, gender, and educational levels.