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“Nones” on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation
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Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Oct 09, 2012 07:21am |
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News Date | Tuesday, October 9, 2012 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public – and a third of adults under 30 – are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling.
In the last five years alone, the unaffiliated have increased from just over 15% to just under 20% of all U.S. adults. Their ranks now include more than 13 million self-described atheists and agnostics (nearly 6% of the U.S. public), as well as nearly 33 million people who say they have no particular religious affiliation (14%).3
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