28% of Americans say they’ve grown more religious over their lives; 29% say they’ve grown less religious | Pew Research Center

February 7, 2025

2. Religious switching

28% of Americans say they’ve grown more religious over their lives; 29% say they’ve grown less religious

28% of Americans say they’ve grown more religious over their lives; 29% say they’ve grown less religious

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28% of Americans say they’ve grown more religious over their lives; 29% say they’ve grown less religious

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2. Religious switching
Catholicism has lost 8.4 people for every person it has gained through ‘religious switching’ in the U.S.
More Americans say their spirituality has increased than decreased over their lifetimes
Most Americans who are currently religiously unaffiliated were not raised that way
Several Protestant denominational families have lost more adherents than they’ve gained through ‘religious switching’
Upward of 75% of Americans who were raised as Hindu, Muslim or Jewish still identify with the same religious group as adults
54% of Americans who were raised Baptist are still Baptist as adults
28% of Americans say they’ve grown more religious over their lives; 29% say they’ve grown less religious
43% of Americans say they’ve become more spiritual over their lives; 11% say they’ve become less spiritual