The number of Americans who identify as agnostic, atheist or don't affiliate with a particular religion has grown dramatically since the 1990s, according to the research center.
The study modeled four different hypothetical scenarios, each one representing a different rate of “switching,” which the Pew Research Center defined “as a change between the religion in which a person was raised and their present religious identity .”
The number of Americans who identify as agnostic, atheist or don't affiliate with a particular religion has grown dramatically since the 1990s, according to the research center. Each scenario begins with the nation’s religious make-up in 2020, as estimated by the Pew Research Center: 64% Christian, 30% unaffiliated and 6% members of all other religions. Scenario No.
Members of other religions rise to 13% of the population by 2070, while 41% of the United States will have no religious affiliation in this scenario. Young Americans progressively switch out of Christianity with each generation before the rate begins to slow in this scenario. Even still, Christianity would see a 10% decline by 2070 as older American Christians die, according to Pew Research Center. The religiously unaffiliated would make up 34% of the country and members of other religions would make up 12%. Which scenario is the most likely?