Mapped: Religious service attendance in Texas
40% of Texas adults say they never or seldom attend church or religious services. Texas is home to religious services more than any other state, with 40% of Texas adults, or over 9 million people, saying they never or seldom attend church or religious services compared to the national average of 49%. This is a significant increase in religious service attendance in Texas, with other sunbelt states like Mississippi (32%), Alabama (36%) and Louisiana (37%) having the lowest share of adults who say they don't attend church. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that over 75% of Americans believe religion's role in public life is decreasing, marking the highest level since 2001. Nearly half of U.S. adults feel tension between their religious beliefs and mainstream culture, an increase from 42% in 2020. A separate Gallup survey also found that the Latter-day Saints are the only religious group with a majority of a majority say they attend services weekly, at 54%.
Опубликовано : 4 недели назад от Alex Fitzpatrick,Nicole Cobler в Health
Data: Household Pulse Survey; Note: Adults who say they never attend or attend less than once a year; Map: Alice Feng/Axios Easter is this weekend, and it's a safe bet a lot of Texans will be at church. The big picture: Texans go to religious services more than people in most other states.
• Among Texas adults, 40%, or more than 9 million people, say they never or seldom attend church or religious services. That's compared to the national average of 49%, according to a Household Pulse Survey conducted Feb. 6-March 4.
• Other sunbelt states are largely in line with the Lone Star State, and Mississippi (32%), Alabama (36%) and Louisiana (37%) have the country's lowest share of adults who say they don't attend church.
Why it matters: More than three-quarters of Americans say religion's role in public life is shrinking, per a recent Pew Research Center survey — the highest level since the group first started tracking such sentiment in 2001.
Zoom out: Religious service attendance nationally has been dropping for decades, per Gallup, driven largely by "the increase in the percentage of Americans with no religious affiliation — 9% in 2000-2003 versus 21% in 2021-2023."
• Vermont (75%), New Hampshire (66%) and Maine (66%) have the highest share of adults who say they never or seldom attend church or religious services.
Friction point: Nearly half of U.S. adults say they feel at least "some" tension between their religious beliefs and mainstream culture, Pew found.
• That's up from 42% in 2020.
A separate Gallup survey published this week found that Latter-day Saints are the only religious group wherein a majority say they attend services weekly, at 54%.
• 30% of Protestants say they attend services weekly, compared to 28% of Muslims, 23% of Catholics and 16% of Jews.
What we're watching: How many state politicians will post "He is risen" on social media.