The Daily Mail – The number of Americans who identify as having no religion rose 266-percent since 1991, to now tie statistically with the number of Catholics and Evangelicals, according to a new survey.
People with no religion – known as “nones” among statisticians – account for 23.1 percent of the U.S. population, while Catholics make up 23 percent and Evangelicals account for 22.5 percent, according to the General Social Survey.
Those three now represent the largest religious groups in America. The survey tracked a broad swath of American trends since 1972, offering comprehensive insight into the evolving face of religion over more than four decades.
