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- "Almost all religious denominations [in the United States] have lost ground since...1990"3
- Over 15% of Americans now consider themselves of no religion3
- In 1990, this number was just 8%
- One of only denominations to increase is Islam, which doubled from .3% to .6%5
- Barry Kosmin, a co-author of the ARIS survey, said that "religion has become more like a fashion statement [instead of] a deep personal commitment"3
- Sociologists and analysts are focusing more on social movement and immigration rather than just a decrease in religious people
- Sociologist Mary Gautier says "it's not that everyone (in New England) lost their...faith since 1990. It's not the same people in New England"3
- As religions become less strict about who marries who, and older more devout religious individuals die or move to different areas of the country, their religions go with them
- Overall, the religious denomination that is most rapidly growing is that of the Nones, people who claim to have no religion.
- Islam and Protestantism have also slightly grown but the overall number of Christians and religious people in the United States has greatly decreased
The picture below shows how the majority of the central and south of the United States has a percentage of people who consider themselves of no religion of about 15% in the midwest, around 20% in the west, and about 7% in the south. The northeast corner of the nation as well as the west coast find themselves with about 25% of the people considering themselves of no religion.
