More Young Men Are Now Religious Than Women In The US

Younger generations of women are less religious than their male counterparts in the United States, according to data from a Statista Consumer Insights survey.

As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, this marks a shift, as historically, U.S. women have been the more religious group.

As this chart shows, for both genders, religion is becoming less widespread overall.

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Christianity is the dominant religion in the U.S., by a long shot.

Statista data shows that 51 percent of Gen Z males self-identify as Christian, with the next biggest religious groups Islam (six percent), Buddhism (two percent).

Only six percent of Gen Z men are atheists and 17 percent non-religious.

For Gen Z women, 48 percent said their religion is Christianity, while only two percent said Islam and two percent Buddhism.

Six percent of Gen Z women are atheists and 22 percent identify as non-religious.