In a shift that stands to impact both religion and politics, survey data suggests that the percentage of Americans who don\u2019t affiliate with any specific religious tradition is now roughly the same as those who identify as evangelical or Catholic.<\/p>\n
According to newly released General Social Survey data analyzed by Ryan P. Burge of Eastern Illinois University<\/a>, Americans claiming \u201cno religion\u201d \u2014 sometimes referred to as \u201cnones\u201d because of how they answer the question \u201cwhat is your religious tradition?\u201d \u2014 now represent about 23.1 percent of the population, up from 21.6 percent in 2016. People claiming evangelicalism, by contrast, now represent 22.5 percent of Americans, a slight dip from 23.9 percent in 2016.<\/p>\n That makes the two groups statistically tied with Catholics (23 percent) as the largest religious \u2014 or nonreligious \u2014 groupings in the country.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n People of \u201cno religion\u201d are now as common as evangelicals in the United States, with both around 23 percent of the population https:\/\/t.co\/PPT9Zc6Jnu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) March 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n