Self-identified Christians fall by 12 percentage points in a decade Fewer than half of millennials are Christians, survey finds The United States is becoming a less Christian country, and the decline in religious affiliation is particularly rapid among younger Americans, new figures show. The proportion of US adults who describe themselves as Christian has fallen to two-thirds, a drop of 12 percentage points over the past decade, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
Americans becoming less Christian as over a quarter follow no religion
The Guardian - 17 Oct 2019 17:48
Self-identified Christians fall by 12 percentage points in a decade Fewer than half of millennials are Christians, survey finds The United States is becoming a less Christian country, and the decline in religious affiliation is particularly rapid among younger Americans, new figures show. The proportion of US adults who describe themselves as Christian has fallen to two-thirds, a drop of 12 percentage points over the past decade, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
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