Religion trends among people born in the 1990s (now roughly ages 27-36)
% who say they …
Source: 2026 estimates based on Pew Research Center’s 2026 National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) conducted Jan. 30-June 18, 2026; 2025 estimates based on aggregated results from the 2025 NPORS (conducted Feb. 5-June 18, 2025) and the Center’s 2025 Cross-Sectional Engagement survey (conducted July 9-Dec. 5, 2025). All other results come from previous iterations of the NPORS (2020-23 and 2024) or the Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study.
“Religion Remains Stable in the U.S., With Mixed Signals for Young Adults”
“Religion Remains Stable in the U.S., With Mixed Signals for Young Adults”
PEW-KNIGHT INITIATIVE
Religion trends among people born in the 1990s (now roughly ages 27-36)
% who say they …
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023-24 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2020 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2020 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2021 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2021 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2022 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2022 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2023 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2023 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2023-24 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2023-24 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2024 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2024 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2025 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2025 | Lower bound of confidence interval, 2026 | Upper bound of confidence interval, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attend services at least monthly | 26 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 21.1 | 31.5 | 19.0 | 30.0 | 23.0 | 33.4 | 17.7 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 26.2 | 19.5 | 28.1 | 22.3 | 28.5 | 22.8 | 31.2 |
| Pray daily | 33 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 27.6 | 38.8 | 26.1 | 38.1 | 29.5 | 40.5 | 26.6 | 36.4 | 29.6 | 33.4 | 25.9 | 35.1 | 29.5 | 36.3 | 33.0 | 42.2 |
| View religion as very important | 31 | 31 | 36 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 39 | 25.6 | 36.6 | 24.8 | 36.8 | 30.4 | 41.4 | 24.9 | 34.5 | 27.0 | 30.6 | 27.7 | 37.1 | 30.1 | 36.9 | 34.1 | 43.3 |
| Identify with a religion | 58 | 53 | 58 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 52.2 | 64.0 | 46.9 | 59.7 | 52.2 | 63.6 | 49.4 | 59.8 | 52.7 | 56.7 | 48.2 | 58.2 | 53.7 | 60.9 | 55.0 | 64.4 |
Source: 2026 estimates based on Pew Research Center’s 2026 National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) conducted Jan. 30-June 18, 2026; 2025 estimates based on aggregated results from the 2025 NPORS (conducted Feb. 5-June 18, 2025) and the Center’s 2025 Cross-Sectional Engagement survey (conducted July 9-Dec. 5, 2025). All other results come from previous iterations of the NPORS (2020-23 and 2024) or the Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study.
“Religion Remains Stable in the U.S., With Mixed Signals for Young Adults”
“Religion Remains Stable in the U.S., With Mixed Signals for Young Adults”
PEW-KNIGHT INITIATIVE
