Seattle, Washington, tops a new poll of the least religious cities in the nation.
Almost two-thirds of people living in the Emerald City identify as non-religious.
The exact percentage of those who are non-religious is 63.8%, making up 1.98 million adults out of the 3.1 million residents. Of these 1.98 million, they either never go to church or other religious services, or go less than once a year, according to data compiled by the Household Pulse Survey.
Other major cities making the list include San Francisco and Boston, which had 62.7% and 55.9%, respectively, of its population who say they don’t participate in faith-based activities.
Seattle’s higher number of a non-religious population could potentially be attributed to the age of its population, as over 42% of residents were between the ages of 18 and 39 in 2022. Across the U.S., 59% of adults under 30 years old have either never or almost have never attended religious services, while only 37% could be said the same as U.S. residents over 80 years old.
In the state of Washington, 63% of its population is non-religious, making it the fifth least religious state in the U.S. The two states at the top, Maine and Vermont, tied at 69% for the highest percentage of non-religious people, followed by Oregon at 65% and New Hampshire at 64%.
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The data compiled by the Household Pulse Survey was gathered between Jan. 9 through Feb. 5. A total of 68,500 recipients partook in this data.
Cities like Seattle, which have a large number of liberal-leaning residents, were shown to be less religious than cities that lean more conservative. Nationwide, only 29% of Democrats go to religious services every week, while 44% of Republicans attend religious services weekly, according to data from Pew Research Center.
