Poll: Decline in Christianity in America has Halted

A new survey suggests that the multi-year trend of Christianity’s decline in the United States may have finally stopped.

According to Fox News, the study from Pew Research suggested that the shrink in the number of Christians in the U.S., which has been ongoing since 2007, appears to have leveled off in 2024. The report, officially titled the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), is the third such study by Pew in the last 17 years.

“After many years of steady decline, the share of Americans who identify as Christians shows signs of leveling off – at least temporarily – at slightly above six-in-ten,” the report declared.

Pew’s first RLS back in 2007 showed that at least 78% of American adults identified as Christian in some capacity, accounting for all various denominations. In 2014, that percentage fell to 71% before falling further to 62% in 2024.

However, despite the latest figures, the report notes that “for the last five years, between 2019 and 2024, the Christian share of the adult population has been relatively stable, hovering between 60% and 64%.”

“The 62% figure in the new Religious Landscape Study is smack in the middle of that recent range,” the report added. It went on to note the consistency in Christian practices, with 33% of respondents saying that they “go to religious services at least once a month,” while the number of Americans who pray on a daily basis “has consistently held between 44% and 46% since 2021.”

Pew’s survey suggested several major reasons for the decline, including the rise of younger generations that are generally less religious than their predecessors. Another suggestion pointed to increasing political polarization, with the share of liberals who identify as Christian plummeting in recent years.

“Today, 37% of self-described liberals identify with Christianity, down from 62% in 2007, a 25-point decline,” the survey revealed. “Meanwhile, 51% of liberals now say they have no religion, up from 27% in 2007, a 24-point increase. There are now more religious ‘nones’ than Christians among liberals, a reversal since 2007.”

The survey featured a sample size of 36,908 American adults.