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What percentage of Americans are atheists or agnostics?
The Pew Religious Landscape survey reported that as of 2014, 22.8\% of the U.S. population is religiously unaffiliated, atheists made up 3.1\% and agnostics made up 4\% of the U.S. population. The 2014 General Social Survey reported that 21\% of Americans had no religion with 3\% being atheist and 5\% being agnostic.
What percentage of Americans go to church?
41\%
Attendance by country
| Percentage of Christians who attend church at least once a week | |
|---|---|
| United States (2018) | 41\% |
| Venezuela (2017) | 41\% |
| Ecuador (2013-2014) | 38\% |
| Israel (2014-2015) | 38\% |
Do atheists know more about religion than agnostics?
But there are differences among them: Atheists and agnostics, for instance, know more about religion than those in the “nothing in particular” group, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey designed to measure the U.S. public’s knowledge about a wide range of religious topics.
What percentage of the US population is atheist?
According to the 2008 ARIS, only 2\% the US population was atheist, while 10\% were agnostics. [7] In one 2018 research paper using indirect methods estimated that 26\% of Americans are atheists, which is much higher than the 3\%-11\% rates that are consistently found in surveys. [8]
What percentage of the US population is agnostic?
In 1991, only 2\% identified as atheist, and 4\% identified as agnostic; while in 2014, 3.1\% identified as atheists, and 5\% identified as agnostics.
How much do Americans know about non-Christian world religions?
Out of 13 questions in the survey about non-Christian world religions including Islam, Judaism and Hinduism, atheists correctly answer an average of 6.1 and agnostics get 5.8 right, compared with an average of about 4.3 among Americans overall.