Beliefs and faith in the United States

Statistics report on beliefs and faith in the United States

Beliefs and faith in the United States

This report provides comprehensive data and statistics on the beliefs, convictions, and faith of Americans today. Among other information, it includes chapters on morals, religious faith, superstition, and on belief in selected conspiracy theories.

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Faith and spiritualism

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  • Premium Statistic Share of devout Americans from 2011 to 2017
  • Premium Statistic Americans who believe in God or a universal spirit 1976-2016
  • Premium Statistic Share of Americans who believe God determines what happens to them 2017
  • Premium Statistic Share of Americans who believe in God by age group 2017
  • Premium Statistic Americans who identify as spiritual but not religious 2017
  • Premium Statistic Americans' opinion on religious influence on life 2000-2023
  • Premium Statistic Fear of death in the United States in 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief in survival of the soul after death in the United States 2016
  • Premium Statistic Belief in karma in the United States in 2019

Evolution v creation

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  • Premium Statistic Views of Americans on creationism and evolution from 1982 to 2017
  • Basic Statistic U.S. poll on the existence of a supreme being as the creator of the universe 2014
  • Basic Statistic Evolution of life on earth through natural selection 2014

Morals

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  • Basic Statistic State of moral values in the United States from 2003 to 2018
  • Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards sex between unmarried persons in 2018
  • Basic Statistic Moral views on gay or lesbian relations in the United States 2001-2024
  • Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards polygamy in 2018
  • Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards affairs between married persons in 2018
  • Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards divorce in 2022
  • Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards suicide from 2001 to 2022
  • Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards gambling in 2018

Superstition

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  • Premium Statistic Belief in superstitions in the United States in 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief in ghosts in the United States 2016
  • Premium Statistic Belief in reincarnation among respondents in the United States 2016

Conspiracy theories

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  • Premium Statistic Belief in conspiracy theories in the United States in 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief that the moon landing was faked in the United States in 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief in a deep state in the United States in 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief that September 11 was an inside job in the United States in 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief that Oswald had help in assassinating JFK in the United States 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief that the government is hiding aliens in Area 51 in the United States 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief among U.S. respondents that the Illuminati secretly control the world 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief that search engines discriminate against conservatives in the U.S. 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief that the CIA created HIV to kill homosexual and black people in U.S. 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief in chemtrails in the U.S. 2019
  • Premium Statistic Belief that climate change is a hoax in the U.S. 2019
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