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Why doesn't the US census ask about religious identity?

Atheist Demographics

Why doesn't the US census ask about religious identity?

As analysis of the data from the 2020 UK census filters into the public domain, a question arises: Why does the US census not ask questions pertaining to religion? Only about a quarter of Americans know the answer. In the mid-to-late 1950s, the Census Bureau asked a question on religious

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Census: Christianity in UK on the back foot

The 2021 national census in England and Wales seems like a long time ago now, but the data is only just being released after aggregation and analysis. As reported recently, non-religion in the UK is in the ascendancy and Christianity is in decline. The latest statistics reaffirm this. Though the