page_title: Atheism in the United States
section_title: Political views
hierarchical_section_title: Atheism in the United States / Political views
caption_attribution_description: English: James P. Cannon
context_page_description: According to the Pew Research Center in a 2014 survey, self-identified "atheists" make up 3.1% of the US population, even though 9% of Americans agreed with the statement "Do not believe in God" while 2% agreed with the statement "Do not know if they believe in God". According to the 2014 General Sociological Survey, the number of atheists and agnostics in the U.S. had remained relatively flat in the previous 23 years. In 1991, only 2% identified as atheist, and 4% identified as agnostic. In 2014, only 3.1% identified as atheists, and 5% identified as agnostics.
  In 2009, Pew stated that only 5% of the US population did not have a belief in a god and out of that small group only 24% self-identified as "atheist", while 15% self-identified as "agnostic" and 35% self-identified as "nothing in particular". According to the 2008 ARIS, only 2% the US population was atheist, while 10% were agnostics. A survey using binary wording found that around 26% of Americans don't believe in god, but they were not comfortable with directly admitting it.
caption: James P. Cannon, co-founder of the Communist League of America
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