More young adults are not religious, but Christianity still dominant religion in US


University of Texas student Alexa Morton at the Labyrinth Progressive Student Ministry lounge next to the UT campus on Sunday June 25, 2023.

Since the 1950s, there has been a decline in attendance and membership in every major Christian denomination, with those rates falling quickly in the past two decades.

In 1990, 72% of white Americans identified as Christian; in 2022, only 42% did. Even among traditionally devout ethnicities, the number of churchgoers has decreased, the Pew Research Center found in its most recent study on religion. 

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