Black imprisonment rate in the U.S. has fallen by a third since 2006
There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults in 2018, down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults in 2006.
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There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults in 2018, down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults in 2006.
The vast majority of religiously unaffiliated Black Americans believe in God and about half pray regularly, although few attend services.
President Trump continues to be White Christians’ preferred candidate, but support among voters in three traditions has slipped since August.
The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
Black and Hispanic worshippers are less likely than their white counterparts to say they have gone to a house of worship recently.
U.S. Hispanic teens are more likely than U.S. teens overall to identify as Catholic and say it’s necessary to believe in God to be moral.
Trump’s approval rating has dropped among a range of religious groups, including white evangelicals – though they remain strongly supportive.
White evangelical Protestants are slightly less positive about the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic now than in March.
Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.
77% of white evangelicals say they are at least somewhat confident that the president is doing a good job responding to the outbreak.
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