https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/03/southerners-tend-to-be-more-religious-than-other-us-adults-but-less-religious-than-they-used-to-be/

“Between 2020 and 2025, religiousness in the South and in the other regions generally has been stable, Pew Research Center surveys show.

But over the longer term, religiousness has declined markedly in each part of thecountry. The change is big enough that current levels of religiousness in the South resemble the 2007 levels of religiousness in the Northeast and West.”

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