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  1. World map showing countries that formerly or currently practice state atheism. Most of the countries that practice state atheism are socialist states, with a few exceptions such as Mexico during the Cristero War.

  2. According to sociologists as of 2022, "the proportion of atheists in the US has held steady at 3% to 4% for more than 80 years." [4] According to the Pew Research Center in a 2014 survey, self-identified atheists make up 3.1% of the US population, even though 9% of Americans agreed with the statement "Do not believe in God" while 2% agreed with ...

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  4. e. Religion in the United States is widespread and diverse, with the country being far more religious than other wealthy Western nations. [2] An overwhelming majority of Americans believe in a higher power, [3] engage in spiritual practices, [4] and consider themselves religious or spiritual. [5] [6] Christianity is the most widely professed ...

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    A 2007 Barna grouppoll found that about 20 million people say they are atheist, have no religious faith, or are agnostic, with 5 million of that number claiming to be atheists. The study also found that "[t]hey tend to be more educated, more affluent and more likely to be male and unmarried than those with active faith" and that "only 6 percent of ...

    Some of the underlying factors in the increases in people identifying as "Nones" seem to not be that significant numbers of people are dropping religion, but rather that, in recent times, it has become more socially acceptable for younger and older generations to identify as a "None" than in previous decades, when identifying as having no religion ...

    Analyzing the 2014 map on the right, New England and the Western United States have the highest proportions of irreligious Americans, while the South and Great Plainshave the lowest proportions.

    In the late 2010s, 21% of registered voters were religiously unaffiliated; they are considered to be the largest "religious" voting block. More than six-in-ten religiously unaffiliated registered voters are Democrats (39%) or lean toward the Democratic Party (24%). They are about twice as likely to describe themselves as political liberals than as ...

    Richard Dawkins, "Secularism, the Founding Fathers and the religion of America", in The God Delusion, Black Swan, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-552-77429-1).

  5. In the Netherlands, beliefs of "convinced atheists" are quite diverse: 41.1% of them say they believe in telepathy, 21.1% in reincarnation, 13.3% in life after death, and 1.6% in heaven. The percentages on telepathy and reincarnation were similar to the percentages of "religious people" in the Netherlands.

  6. Atheism in the United States by states.svg 512 × 317; 46 KB. Nones by state 2014 (Pew Research Religious Landscape Study).png 1,578 × 888; 161 KB. USA Unchurched Belt.png 1,000 × 667; 108 KB. Categories: Atheism in the United States. Atheism maps. Religion maps of the United States.

  7. Apr 25, 2017 · Percentage Of Atheists In America By State With over 56% of its population describing themselves as "nonreligious," Vermont takes a clear lead in terms of US states with the highest proportions of nonreligious, agnostic, and atheist citizens.

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