Religious Beliefs and Practices
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More than one in five U.S. adults have no religious preference, while close to seven in 10 are Christian, primarily Protestant (45%) or Catholic (21%).
Three in 10 Americans, but 67% of Mormons, attend church regularly. Most religious groups show declines in attendance over the past two decades.
Americans' church attendance levels dipped at the beginning of the pandemic and have remained lower since then.
Although 67% of U.S. adults say they attended religious services regularly while they were growing up, 31% attend regularly today.
The percentage of Americans with no formal religious identity has increased dramatically since the 1950s, but that increase appears to have leveled off in Gallup's recent data.
Four in 10 Americans have a creationist view of human origins, while 33% believe humans evolved with God's guidance and 22% without it.
