By CP Staff - Posted at The Christian Post:
Published November 30, 2025
Would Christianity still dominate the United States if it were reimagined as a small town of 100 people?That's the premise of a new report from Pew Research Center, which offered fresh analysis of America's religious landscape through the lens of Pew's sweeping 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS).
The study, conducted from July 17, 2023, to March 4, 2024, surveyed nearly 37,000 U.S. adults and paints a portrait of a community where belief — or the lack thereof — shapes neighborhoods, generations and daily life.
Noting that the U.S. has a population of roughly 262 million adults, with Christianity claiming about 162 million adherents and 76 million people reporting no religious affiliation, Pew researchers acknowledge that grasping the full scope of faith in America can feel overwhelming.
"These are big numbers that can make it difficult to fully understand the American religious landscape," the report states. "But what if we imagined the U.S. as a small town of 100 people instead of a country with hundreds of millions of people?"
If the U.S. were a "small town" of 100 people, religious "nones" would outnumber Protestants among young people, according to Pew.