I think the most interesting parts of the axes graphs are the various inflection points, or sometimes their absence, giving a smoother curve-type trend. Each is well represented in the various graphs. And the inflections do not occur at the same year for the different subdivisions. They usually note some external influence. In this type I presentation, I suspect migration, more from smaller population centers to larger ones.
In a time perspective of 50 years, there are also international shifts, with Vietnamese refugees at the early parts of the time lines, Catholic Hispanics with different attendance distributions than descendants of the European Catholic immigrants in more recent years, and an influx of people with Asian religions after about 1990.
Good insights -- the history of religious and ethnic groups is reflected in those graphs. Aligned with your comment about the "absence" of inflection points, I found it notable how the "rarely" changed over time. Must be made up mostly of folks attending a wedding or funeral in a house of worship?
The collapse of the Black Protestant Church in cities shocked me too.
More Democrat voting Catholics in cities explains why so many are shocked to see that the majority of white Catholics vote Republican. Where we live often changes some of these categorical labels. The mindset and culture of Americans in cities and in the country continues to drift apart.
An interesting reads, especially as I too live in a "rural" county in northern Idaho. What is interesting here, viz. your data, is how old in average age the county where I live has become. I wonder if this is true elsewhere. As of the last census, there are now more people 65+ in age than 18 and under. Does this skew church attendance data? And most of the newcomers, by far, are "urban exiles" from California, Seattle, and Portland. So you have the urban mindset transplanted to a rural county.
A very interesting article, especially how you parse the growth of the Nones and their ubiquity. Perhaps the stage is being set for another Great Awakening!?
I think the most interesting parts of the axes graphs are the various inflection points, or sometimes their absence, giving a smoother curve-type trend. Each is well represented in the various graphs. And the inflections do not occur at the same year for the different subdivisions. They usually note some external influence. In this type I presentation, I suspect migration, more from smaller population centers to larger ones.
In a time perspective of 50 years, there are also international shifts, with Vietnamese refugees at the early parts of the time lines, Catholic Hispanics with different attendance distributions than descendants of the European Catholic immigrants in more recent years, and an influx of people with Asian religions after about 1990.
Good insights -- the history of religious and ethnic groups is reflected in those graphs. Aligned with your comment about the "absence" of inflection points, I found it notable how the "rarely" changed over time. Must be made up mostly of folks attending a wedding or funeral in a house of worship?
The collapse of the Black Protestant Church in cities shocked me too.
More Democrat voting Catholics in cities explains why so many are shocked to see that the majority of white Catholics vote Republican. Where we live often changes some of these categorical labels. The mindset and culture of Americans in cities and in the country continues to drift apart.
An interesting reads, especially as I too live in a "rural" county in northern Idaho. What is interesting here, viz. your data, is how old in average age the county where I live has become. I wonder if this is true elsewhere. As of the last census, there are now more people 65+ in age than 18 and under. Does this skew church attendance data? And most of the newcomers, by far, are "urban exiles" from California, Seattle, and Portland. So you have the urban mindset transplanted to a rural county.
A very interesting article, especially how you parse the growth of the Nones and their ubiquity. Perhaps the stage is being set for another Great Awakening!?