What do American people think about religion in public life?
Social axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
45% of American respondents take the position “Laws should be made without looking to any faith.”, against 44% for “Faith should help shape the laws of a country.”, with 11% choosing neither. n = 108, margin of error ±9.5, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on social
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Births per woman
UN World Population Prospects · 2024
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1.6 |
somewhat below the middle
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Tertiary enrolment
UNESCO UIS · 2022
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79.4% |
higher than most countries
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Urban population
UN World Urbanization Prospects · 2025
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80.2% |
somewhat above the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on religion in public life
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Faith should help shape the laws of a country.
B · Laws should be made without looking to any faith.
World, unweighted: 46% A ·
17% neither ·
37% B · n = 3915
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45% B 🇺🇸 n=108 |
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Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on religion in public life
- Religion in public life poll the united states
- What do american people think about religion in public life
- What percentage of american people support religion in public life
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