Saturday, February 06, 2010

Some Interesting Stats

A variety of statistics from Go Figure, at Christianity Today:

Church Life

22%
Americans who say they have never attended a religious service (2006)

9%
Americans who said this in 1972.


Church Life

10%
of American churches contain half of all churchgoers in the country.


Belief

15%
American adults who do not identify with a religious identity, also known as "Nones."

22%
Americans 18-29 who identify as "Nones."

27%
"Nones" who say a personal God definitely exists.


Television

Profanities in an hour of broadcast prime-time television:

1990: 5.5
2001: 7.6
2005: 9.8


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