New data from Gallup revealed that church attendance has declined across most religious groups in the United States.
Between 2000-2003, 42% of U.S. all adults attended religious services. That number dropped to 38% between 2011-2013. Thirty percent of American adults attended religious services between 2021-2023.
Twenty-one percent of Americans attend weekly services, 9% attend “almost every week,” and 11% attend church or religious services once a month.
The majority of U.S. adults (56%) “seldom” or “never” attend.
Between 2021-2023, 21% of U.S. adults attended church services every week, with Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, leading service attendance with 54%.
Protestant groups, including nondenominational Christians, are the second-greatest church-goers, with 30% attending weekly services.
“Majorities of Jewish, Orthodox, Buddhist and Hindu Americans say they seldom or never attend religious services,” Gallup wrote.
Muslims, however, have increased mosque attendance from previous years. Between 2000-2003, 34% of Muslims attended religious services. Between 2021-2023, 38% of Muslims attended religious services weekly or nearly every week, according to Gallup.
Among all U.S. groups, only about 3 in 10 adults attend religious services. Gallup explained that church attendance will likely continue to decline due to “younger Americans’ weaker attachments to religion.”
Much of the decline in religious service attendance can be attributed to the rise of religious “nones” across the United States.
A poll from Pew Research found that 28% of Americans are religious “nones.” In 2022, 31% of Americans were religious “nones.”
Of those “nones,” 17% are atheist, 20% are agnostic, and 63% are “nothing in particular.”
Sixty percent of the religious “nones” in the poll reported that they “question a lot of religious teachings.” Forty-three percent of “nones” believe that religion does “more harm than good” in American society,” while 41% reported that religion does “equal amounts of good and harm.”
