Overall, Black adults, regardless of age, are more likely than adults in other racial and ethnic groups to say they’re very religious. More key facts about Black Americans and religion:

Black adults under 50 are more likely than their older peers to say spirits or spiritual energies can be found in memorial sites like graveyards and cemeteries (73% vs. 45%) and in animals (67% vs. 47%).

Older Black adults are more likely than younger Black adults to describe themselves as very religious. 39% of Black adults ages 65 and older describe themselves this way, compared with 21% of Black adults under 30.

More on Black Americans and religion, based on our Religious Landscape Study (RLS) and other Center surveys:

Among Black Americans, men are about as likely as women to say they were raised as Christians (81% vs. 85%). But they are less likely to identify as Christians in adulthood (67% vs. 78%).

Most Black adults who attend religious services at least a few times a year (61%) attend Black congregations – that is, ones where the senior religious leaders and the majority of the congregants are Black.

Compared with White, Hispanic and Asian adults, Black adults are more likely to: - Believe in God or a universal spirit (95%) - Pray daily (64%) - Say religion is important in their lives (58%) - Participate monthly in religious services in-person or online (57%)

About three-quarters of Black adults (73%) are Christian, down from 79% in 2014 and 85% in 2007. Christian affiliation also declined among the overall U.S. population during this time. Still, Black adults are more likely than U.S. adults overall to be Christian (73% vs. 62%).

Black Americans are among the most religious groups in the United States, but within the group their religious identities and beliefs differ substantially. Here are key facts about Black Americans and religion 🧵⬇️

Older Americans who live alone tend to fare worse than those who live with others – from their wellbeing to material hardship to overall longevity. 26% of U.S. adults ages 65+ lived alone in 2023, the most recent year with available data. https://t.co/LFlDNsuqV8

More on young adults and their news habits:

Young adults are slightly more likely than the two oldest age groups to say they get news from AI chatbots (13%), but the share who get news this way is still relatively small compared with other digital platforms.

Compared with older adults, young adults are especially likely to get news from Instagram and TikTok. The difference is stark even between those ages 18 to 29 and the next oldest age group, ages 30 to 49.

Young Americans are generally less likely than older Americans to get their news from traditional platforms, like television and radio. Instead, 93% say they at least sometimes get news from digital devices.

The news is relentless these days, and yet – or maybe because of that – Americans are following it less closely than they used to. NEW from @pewresearch: https://t.co/HXDW1nLebU

Explore more on young adults and the future of news in our latest data essay:

One reason young adults might follow the news less closely is the way it makes them feel. Young people are more likely to say the news makes them feel scared or confused, while older adults are more likely to say the news makes them feel informed.

While young adults’ intentional news consumption is much lower, they are more likely to get news incidentally. When it comes to political news, 70% of young adults say they get it because they happen to come across it, compared with 30% who seek it out.

When asked how often they seek out the news, about one-in-five young adults (22%) say they do so often or extremely often. Older adults are much more likely to intentionally seek out news.

As of 2025, 15% of young adults say they follow the news all or most of the time compared to 62% of the oldest Americans. Young adults are also less likely than all older age groups to say they closely follow national and local news.